Regional planning
By: John Glasson and Tim Marshall.
Contributors: Marshall, Tim, 1950-
Series: Natural and built environment series
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abindgon, Oxon; New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415415255; 9780415415262
Subjects: Regional planning -- Great Britain; Regional planning -- European Union countires; Regional planning
Notes: "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge."
Table of contents: title: : Context; title: Introduction; title: Introduction; title: What is planning?; title: Towards regional planning; title: Alternative delimitations of regions; title: The purposes of regional planning; title: Why is regional planning popular now?; title: Regional planning and regional policy; title: Regional planning in the UK and wider influences; title: Conclusions; title: Short history of UK regional planning; title: Introduction; title: The range of regional planning activity; title: UK regional policy, in an EU context; title: Regional strategic planning; title: Conclusions: a necessary but contested area; title: Theorising regional planning: processes; title: Introduction: an underdeveloped field; title: Approaches to understanding regional planning; title: Broad tendencies in control of the process; title: Regional planning as a policy cycle; title: Management of the regional planning process; title: Planning professionals in regional planning; title: Major issues in power and democracy; title: Conclusions; title: Theorising regional planning: substantive; title: Introduction; title: Regional growth and development; title: Regional spatial structure; title: Sustainable regional development; title: On dynamic systems-some conclusions; title: Evolving UK practice; title: The new English regional planning; title: Introduction; title: English regionalisation: its institutions and practice; title: The new regional planning system; title: The landscape of regional strategising; title: Conclusions; title: Regional planning in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: the "devolved" system; title: Introduction; title: An evolving institutional context; title: Early innovative practice; title: "National" spatial plans; title: Planning for city regions-a Scottish example; title: Conclusions-prospects and lessons; title: Making and executing regional spatial plans; title: Introduction - a goal of integrated spatial planning; title: Achieving integration - substantively; title: Achieving integration: by process means; title: Achieving integration - summarising; title: Scales of planning; title: The stages of regional planning; title: In conclusion: a regional planning policy cycle?; title: Components of regional planning: economy; title: Introduction to plan "components"; title: Economy-drivers and issues; title: Economy- policy/agency responses; title: Economy -relevant techniques; title: Economy-regional and sub-regional examples; title: Conclusions; title: Components of regional planning: housing; title: Introduction; title: Framing the issues; title: Housing-policy/agency responses; title: Housing-relevant techniques; title: Housing-regional and sub-regional examples; title: Conclusions; title: Components of regional planning: transport; title: Introduction; title: Transport - drivers and issues; title: Transport: policy and agency responses; title: Transport - techniques; title: Transport case studies; title: Conclusions; title: Components of regional planning: environment; title: Introduction; title: Environment - range, drivers and issues; title: Environment - policy and agency responses; title: Environment - relevant techniques; title: Environment case studies; title: Conclusions; title: Processes and politics in regional planning; title: Introduction; title: The English model summarised; title: How the major actors work together (or not); title: The involvement of the wider public; title: Conclusions; title: Wider prospects: European and future; title: Regional planning in a European context; title: Introduction; title: The EU framework for regional planning; title: Evolving regional planning in the EU "core"; title: Developing regional planning practice on the EU "periphery"; title: Conclusions; title: Continuity?; title: A regional imperative?; title: Successful control and integration?; title: Skills needed; title: Adequacy of theory; title: Values for regional planning; title: Prospects for regional planning; title: International convergence?