Title: European Union spatial policy and planning /
Authors: Williams, Richard H., 1949-
Publisher: Paul Chapman Pub.,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Regional planning European Economic Community countries.; Real estate development European Economic Community countries.; Land use, Urban European Economic Community countries.
Contents: pt. I. Context, institutions and concepts. 1. Introducing the EU as a jurisdiction and planning subject. 2. The quest for European union. 3. The institutions and powers of the EU. 4. Language and meaning: the Tower of Babel problem -- pt. II. Policy sectors. 5. A chronology of spatial policy development. 6. Ways of looking at EU space. 7. The Cohesion and Structural Funds: the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. 8. Hands across the border: networking, lobbying and crossborder planning. 9. Transport and trans-European networks. 10. Environment policy. 11. Towards an urban policy. 12. Europe 2000+ and the state of policy development -- pt. III. Operating in Europe. 13. The professions and planning practice. 14. The European functions of local planning authorities -- pt. IV. Conclusions. 15. Future agendas: the new planning scale? -- Appendix I: Guide to information sources -- Appendix II: Guide to educational programmes.