Editing Spatial planning

{{Short description|Technique for physical organisation of space}}
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[[File:NovoLisice.jpg|thumb|right|The graphical scheme of the Detailed Urbanist Plan for a settlement within the [[Aerodrom Municipality (Skopje)|Municipality of Aerodrom]] in the [[City of Skopje]], [[North Macedonia]].]]

'''Spatial planning''' mediates between the respective claims on space of the state, market, and community. In so doing, three different mechanisms of involving stakeholders, integrating sectoral policies and promoting development projects mark the three schools of transformative strategy formulation, innovation action and performance in spatial planning <ref>Ziafati Bafarasat, A., 2015. Reflections on the three schools of thought on strategic spatial planning. Journal of Planning Literature, 30(2), pp.132-148.</ref>

Spatial planning systems refer to the methods and approaches used by the public and private sectors to influence the distribution of people and activities in different geographic areas. Spatial planning coordinates practices and policies that shape spatial organization. Spatial planning is synonymous with the practices of [[urban planning]] in the United States but at larger scales, and the term is often used in reference to planning efforts in European countries. Discrete professional disciplines which involve spatial planning include [[land use planning|land use]], [[urban planning|urban]], [[regional planning|regional]], [[transport planning|transport]] and [[environmental planning]].<ref>Van Assche, K., Beunen, R., Duineveld, M., & de Jong, H. (2013). Co-evolutions of planning and design: Risks and benefits of design perspectives in planning systems. Planning Theory, 12(2), 177-198.</ref>  Other related areas are also important, including [[economic planning|economic]] and [[community planning]], as well as maritime spatial planning.  Spatial planning takes place on local, regional, national and inter-national levels and often results in the creation of a spatial plan.

An early definition of spatial planning comes from the European Regional/Spatial Planning Charter<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/heritage/cemat/versioncharte/default_EN.asp |title=Council of Europe |publisher=Council of Europe |access-date=2013-10-06}}</ref> (often called the 'Torremolinos Charter'), adopted in 1983 by the European Conference of Ministers responsible for Regional Planning (CEMAT): "''Regional/spatial planning gives geographical expression to the economic, social, cultural and ecological policies of society. It is at the same time a scientific discipline, an administrative technique and a policy developed as an interdisciplinary and comprehensive approach directed towards a balanced regional development and the physical organization of space according to an overall strategy''."

Numerous planning systems exist around the [[world]]. The form of planning largely diverges and co-evolves with societies and their governance systems.<ref>Allmendinger, P. (2009). Planning theory. Palgrave Macmillan.</ref> Every country, and states within those countries, have a unique planning systems that is made up by different actors, different planning perspectives and a particular institutional framework. Perspectives, actors and institutions change over time, influencing both the form and the impact of spatial planning.<ref>Van Assche, K., & Verschraegen, G. (2008). The limits of planning: Niklas Luhmann's systems theory and the analysis of planning and planning ambitions. Planning theory, 7(3), 263-283.</ref><ref>Gunder, M., & Hillier, J. (2009). Planning in ten words or less: A Lacanian entanglement with spatial planning. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.</ref> Especially in Northwestern Europe, spatial planning has evolved greatly since the late 1950s. Until the 1990s, the term ‘spatial’ was used primarily to refer to the way that planning should deal with more than simply zoning, land use planning, or the design of the physical form of cities or regions, but also should address the more complex issues of the spatial relationship of activities such as employment, homes and leisure uses.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Encyclopedia of the City|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediacity00cave|url-access=limited|last=Caves|first=R. W.|publisher=Routledge|year=2004|isbn=9780415252256|pages=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediacity00cave/page/n664 624]}}</ref>

== Spatial planning systems in Europe ==

Various '''compendia of spatial planning''' systems can be found. Below is a table showing some of the main sources, the countries covered and the date of publication.
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| style="width:7em" | &nbsp; COMMIN || [[Commin|COMmon MINdscapes]]
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| &nbsp; COST C11 || [[European Cooperation in Science and Technology|COST]] Action on Green Structures and Urban Planning
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| &nbsp; ESPON    || [[European Observation Network for Territorial Development and Cohesion]] COMPASS project &nbsp;
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| &nbsp; DG-REGIO || European [[Directorate-General for Regional Policy]]
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| &nbsp; CEMAT    || European [[Conference of Specialised Ministers|Conference of Ministers]] responsible for Regional/Spatial Planning &nbsp;
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| &nbsp; ESTIA    || European Space and Territorial Integration Alternative
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| &nbsp; ISOCARP  || [[International Society of City and Regional Planners]]
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| &nbsp; MLIT     || Japanese [[Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism]]
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| &nbsp; LEXALP   || Legal Systems for Spatial Planning
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| &nbsp; RCEP     || [[Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution]]
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| &nbsp; UNECE    || [[United Nations Economic Commission for Europe]]
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| &nbsp; VASAB    || [https://vasab.org/ Vision and Strategies around the Baltic Sea]
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! [http://www.commin.org COMMIN]
! [http://www.greenstructureplanning.eu/COSTC11/contents.htm COST C11]
! [http://www.espon.eu ESPON]
! [http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/archive/themes/spatial_en.htm DG-REGIO]
! [http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/heritage/cemat/default_en.asp CEMAT]
! &nbsp; {{nobold|ESTIA}} &nbsp;
! [http://www.isocarp.org ISOCARP]
! &nbsp;[http://www.mlit.go.jp/en/index.html MLIT]&nbsp;
! [http://lexalp.eurac.edu LEXALP]
! &nbsp;[http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110322143804/http://www.rcep.org.uk/reports/23-planning/epcompap.htm RCEP]&nbsp;
! [http://www.unece.org UNECE]
! [https://vasab.org/ VASAB]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Albania]]
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| [http://estia.arch.auth.gr/estia/eng/vsplan 2000]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Armenia]]
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| [http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/heritage/CEMAT/Compendium/Compendium_en.asp 2006]
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| [http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/publications/environment/epr/welcome.htm 2000]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Austria]]
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| [http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_ESPON2006Projects/Menu_PolicyImpactProjects/governance.html 2007]
| [http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/archive/themes/spatial_en.htm 1997]
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| [http://www.isocarp.org/index.php?id=141 2008]
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| [http://lexalp.eurac.edu 2008]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Belarus]]
| [http://commin.org/en/planning-systems/national-planning-systems/nations.html 2007]
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| [http://vasab.leontief.net/countries.phtml 2000]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Belgium]]
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| [http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_ESPON2006Projects/Menu_PolicyImpactProjects/governance.html 2007]
| [http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/archive/themes/spatial_en.htm 1997]
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| [http://www.isocarp.org/index.php?id=141 2008]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Bulgaria]]
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| [http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_ESPON2006Projects/Menu_PolicyImpactProjects/governance.html 2007]
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| [http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/heritage/CEMAT/Compendium/Compendium_en.asp 2003]
| [http://estia.arch.auth.gr/estia/eng/vsplan 2000]
| [http://www.isocarp.org/index.php?id=141 2008]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Cyprus]]
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| [http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_ESPON2006Projects/Menu_PolicyImpactProjects/governance.html 2007]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Czech Republic]]
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| [http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_ESPON2006Projects/Menu_PolicyImpactProjects/governance.html 2007]
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| [http://www.isocarp.org/index.php?id=141 2008]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Denmark]]
| [http://commin.org/en/planning-systems/national-planning-systems/nations.html 2007]
| [http://www.greenstructureplanning.eu/COSTC11/wg2.htm 2005]
| [http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_ESPON2006Projects/Menu_PolicyImpactProjects/governance.html 2007]
| [http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/archive/themes/spatial_en.htm 1997]
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| [http://www.isocarp.org/index.php?id=141 2008]
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| [https://vasab.org/home/about/country-fiches/ 2019]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Estonia]]
| [http://commin.org/en/planning-systems/national-planning-systems/nations.html 2007]
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| [http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_ESPON2006Projects/Menu_PolicyImpactProjects/governance.html 2007]
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| [http://www.isocarp.org/index.php?id=141 2008]
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| [https://vasab.org/home/about/country-fiches/ 2018]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Finland]]
| [http://commin.org/en/planning-systems/national-planning-systems/nations.html 2007]
| [http://www.greenstructureplanning.eu/COSTC11/wg2.htm 2005]
| [http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_ESPON2006Projects/Menu_PolicyImpactProjects/governance.html 2007]
| [http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/archive/themes/spatial_en.htm 1997]
| [http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/heritage/CEMAT/Compendium/Compendium_en.asp 2005]
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| [http://www.isocarp.org/index.php?id=141 2008]
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| [https://vasab.org/home/about/country-fiches/ 2018]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[France]]
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| [http://www.greenstructureplanning.eu/COSTC11/wg2.htm 2005]
| [http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_ESPON2006Projects/Menu_PolicyImpactProjects/governance.html 2007]
| [http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/archive/themes/spatial_en.htm 1997]
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| [http://www.isocarp.org/index.php?id=141 2008]
| [http://www.mlit.go.jp/kokudokeikaku/international/spw/index_e.html 2007]
| [http://lexalp.eurac.edu 2008]
| [http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110322143804/http://www.rcep.org.uk/reports/23-planning/epcompap.htm 2000]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Germany]]
| [http://commin.org/en/planning-systems/national-planning-systems/nations.html 2007]
| [http://www.greenstructureplanning.eu/COSTC11/wg2.htm 2005]
| [http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_ESPON2006Projects/Menu_PolicyImpactProjects/governance.html 2007]
| [http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/archive/themes/spatial_en.htm 1997]
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| [http://www.isocarp.org/index.php?id=141 2008]
| [http://www.mlit.go.jp/kokudokeikaku/international/spw/index_e.html 2007]
| [http://lexalp.eurac.edu 2008]
| [http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110322143804/http://www.rcep.org.uk/reports/23-planning/epcompap.htm 2000]
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| [https://vasab.org/home/about/country-fiches/ 2019]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Greece]]
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| [http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_ESPON2006Projects/Menu_PolicyImpactProjects/governance.html 2007]
| [http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/archive/themes/spatial_en.htm 1997]
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| [http://estia.arch.auth.gr/estia/eng/vsplan 2000]
| [http://www.isocarp.org/index.php?id=141 2008]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Hungary]]
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| [http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_ESPON2006Projects/Menu_PolicyImpactProjects/governance.html 2007]
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|  [http://estia.arch.auth.gr/estia/eng/vsplan 2000]
| [http://www.isocarp.org/index.php?id=141 2008]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Republic of Ireland|Rep. Ireland]]
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| [http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_ESPON2006Projects/Menu_PolicyImpactProjects/governance.html 2007]
| [http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/archive/themes/spatial_en.htm 1997]
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| [http://www.isocarp.org/index.php?id=141 2008]
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| [http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110322143804/http://www.rcep.org.uk/reports/23-planning/epcompap.htm 2000]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Italy]]
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| [http://www.greenstructureplanning.eu/COSTC11/wg2.htm 2005]
| [http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_ESPON2006Projects/Menu_PolicyImpactProjects/governance.html 2007]
| [http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/archive/themes/spatial_en.htm 1997]
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| [http://www.isocarp.org/index.php?id=141 2008]
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| [http://lexalp.eurac.edu 2008]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Latvia]]
| [http://commin.org/en/planning-systems/national-planning-systems/nations.html 2007]
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| [http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_ESPON2006Projects/Menu_PolicyImpactProjects/governance.html 2007]
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| [http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/publications/environment/epr/welcome.htm 1998]
| [https://vasab.org/home/about/country-fiches/ 2018]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Lithuania]]
| [http://commin.org/en/planning-systems/national-planning-systems/nations.html 2007]
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| [http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_ESPON2006Projects/Menu_PolicyImpactProjects/governance.html 2007]
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| [http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/publications/environment/epr/welcome.htm 1998]
| [https://vasab.org/home/about/country-fiches/ 2018]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Luxembourg]]
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| [http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_ESPON2006Projects/Menu_PolicyImpactProjects/governance.html 2007]
| [http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/archive/themes/spatial_en.htm 1997]
| [http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/heritage/CEMAT/Compendium/Compendium_en.asp 2006]
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| [http://www.isocarp.org/index.php?id=141 2008]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Malta]]
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| [http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_ESPON2006Projects/Menu_PolicyImpactProjects/governance.html 2007]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Netherlands]]
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| [http://www.greenstructureplanning.eu/COSTC11/wg2.htm 2005]
| [http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_ESPON2006Projects/Menu_PolicyImpactProjects/governance.html 2007]
| [http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/archive/themes/spatial_en.htm 1997]
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| [http://www.isocarp.org/index.php?id=141 2008]
| [http://www.mlit.go.jp/kokudokeikaku/international/spw/index_e.html 2007]
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| [http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110322143804/http://www.rcep.org.uk/reports/23-planning/epcompap.htm 2000]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[North Macedonia]]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Norway]]
| [http://commin.org/en/planning-systems/national-planning-systems/nations.html 2007]
| [http://www.greenstructureplanning.eu/COSTC11/wg2.htm 2005]
| [http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_ESPON2006Projects/Menu_PolicyImpactProjects/governance.html 2007]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Poland]]
| [http://commin.org/en/planning-systems/national-planning-systems/nations.html 2007]
| [http://www.greenstructureplanning.eu/COSTC11/wg2.htm 2005]
| [http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_ESPON2006Projects/Menu_PolicyImpactProjects/governance.html 2007]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Portugal]]
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| [http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_ESPON2006Projects/Menu_PolicyImpactProjects/governance.html 2007]
| [http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/archive/themes/spatial_en.htm 1997]
| [http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/heritage/CEMAT/Compendium/Compendium_en.asp 2004]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Romania]]
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| [http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_ESPON2006Projects/Menu_PolicyImpactProjects/governance.html 2007]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Russian Federation]]&nbsp;
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Spatial planning in Serbia|Serbia]]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Slovakia]]
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| [http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_ESPON2006Projects/Menu_PolicyImpactProjects/governance.html 2007]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Slovenia]]
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| [http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_ESPON2006Projects/Menu_PolicyImpactProjects/governance.html 2007]
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| [http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/heritage/CEMAT/Compendium/Compendium_en.asp 2003]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Spain]]
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| [http://www.greenstructureplanning.eu/COSTC11/wg2.htm 2005]
| [http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_ESPON2006Projects/Menu_PolicyImpactProjects/governance.html 2007]
| [http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/archive/themes/spatial_en.htm 1997]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Sweden]]
| [http://commin.org/en/planning-systems/national-planning-systems/nations.html 2007]
| [http://www.greenstructureplanning.eu/COSTC11/wg2.htm 2005]
| [http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_ESPON2006Projects/Menu_PolicyImpactProjects/governance.html 2007]
| [http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/archive/themes/spatial_en.htm 1997]
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| [https://vasab.org/home/about/country-fiches/ 2018]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Switzerland]]
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| [http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_ESPON2006Projects/Menu_PolicyImpactProjects/governance.html 2007]
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| [http://www.isocarp.org/index.php?id=141 2008]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[Turkey]]
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!style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:normal"| [[United Kingdom]]
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| [http://www.greenstructureplanning.eu/COSTC11/wg2.htm 2005]
| [http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_ESPON2006Projects/Menu_PolicyImpactProjects/governance.html 2007]
| [http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/archive/themes/spatial_en.htm 1997]
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| [http://www.isocarp.org/index.php?id=141 2008]
| [http://www.mlit.go.jp/kokudokeikaku/international/spw/index_e.html 2007]
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==European spatial planning==

In 1999, a document called the [[European Spatial Development Perspective]] (ESDP) was signed by the ministers responsible for regional planning in the EU member states. Although the ESDP has no binding status, and the [[European Union]] has no formal authority for spatial planning, the ESDP has influenced spatial planning policy in European regions and member states, and placed the coordination of EU sectoral policies on the political agenda.

At the European level, the term [[territorial cohesion]] is becoming more widely used and is for example mentioned in the draft EU Treaty (Constitution) as a shared competency of the European Union; it is also included in the [[Treaty of Lisbon]]. The term was defined in a "scoping document" in Rotterdam in late 2004 and is being elaborated further using empirical data from the ESPON programme<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espon.eu |title=espon.eu |publisher=espon.eu |access-date=2013-06-26}}</ref> in a document entitled "The Territorial State and Perspectives of the European Union".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ccre.org/docs/territorial_state_and_perspectives.pdf |title=Microsoft Word - TSP-First-Draft-as-of-260606.doc |format=PDF |access-date=2013-06-26}}</ref>  At the minister's conference in May 2007 in Leipzig, a political document called the "Territorial Agenda" was signed to continue the process begun in [[Rotterdam]], revised in May 2011 in [[Gödöllő]].

==See also==
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* [[Architecture]]
* [[Comprehensive planning]]
* [[European Spatial Development Perspective]]
* [[Geography]]
* [[ISOCARP]] - International Society of City and Regional Planners
* [[Landscape architecture]]
* [[Land use planning]]
* [[Location theory]]
* [[Permeability (spatial and transport planning)]]
* [[Principles of Intelligent Urbanism]]
* [[Regional planning]]
* [[Spatial Citizenship]]
* [[Territorial spatial planning]]
* [[Unified settlement planning]]
* [[Urban planning]]
* [[Urban sprawl]]
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==References==
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* Andreas Faludi, Bas Waterhout, ''The Making of the European Spatial Development Perspective'', London Routledge 2002. {{ISBN|978-0-415-27264-3}}.
* Gerhard Larsson, Spatial Planning Systems in Western Europe - An Overview, Delft Univ Press (2006), {{ISBN|978-1-58603-656-0}}.
* Gerhard Larsson, Land management as Public Policy, University Press of America (2010), {{ISBN|978-0-7618-5248-3}}. 
* UNECE, ''[http://www.unece.org/press/pr2008/08env_p04e.htm Spatial Planning - Key Instrument for Development and Effective Governance with Special Reference to Countries in Transition]'', Report ECE/HBP/146, Geneva [[UNECE]] 2008.
* Richard H. Williams, ''European union spatial policy and planning'', London Chapman 1996. {{ISBN|978-1-85396-305-6}}.

==External links==
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* [http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/heritage/CEMAT/Default_en.asp CEMAT] - European Conference of Ministers responsible for Regional Planning
* [https://journals.polito.it/index.php/EJSD EJSD] - European Journal of Spatial Development
* [http://www.espon.eu ESPON] - European Observation Network on Territorial Development and Cohesion
* [http://www.planum.net Planum] - The European Journal of Planning
* [http://www.vasab.org VASAB] - Vision and Strategies around the Baltic Sea - Baltic Sea Region intergovernmental cooperation in spatial planning and development

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