Regions, Spatial Strategies And Sustainable Development (regions And Cities)
by Graham Haughton /
2003 / English / PDF
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Focusing on recent regional policy and important planning debates
across the English regions, this book analyzes the issues,
disputes and tensions that have arisen in regional planning in
the new millennium. With a range of local case studies to ground
the argument in local as well as regional planning, the authors
here build on a range of theoretical insights including state
theory and governance, political ecology, governmentality and
collaborative planning. Drawing particularly on a discourse
approach, the empirical sections examine a range of major
controversies from the past five years of regional planning,
including:
Focusing on recent regional policy and important planning debates
across the English regions, this book analyzes the issues,
disputes and tensions that have arisen in regional planning in
the new millennium. With a range of local case studies to ground
the argument in local as well as regional planning, the authors
here build on a range of theoretical insights including state
theory and governance, political ecology, governmentality and
collaborative planning. Drawing particularly on a discourse
approach, the empirical sections examine a range of major
controversies from the past five years of regional planning,
including:the socio-political resistance to new housing on Greenfield
sites
the socio-political resistance to new housing on Greenfield
sitesalternative approaches to promoting sustainable urban
development and policies for urban renaissance
alternative approaches to promoting sustainable urban
development and policies for urban renaissance policies on redirecting or constraining economic
expansion in high-pressure growth areas
policies on redirecting or constraining economic
expansion in high-pressure growth areasthe social and political bases of new planning technologies
for protecting the environment, including sustainability
appraisals.
the social and political bases of new planning technologies
for protecting the environment, including sustainability
appraisals.
