| Regions, Spatial Strategies and Sustainable Development Contributor(s): Counsell, David (Author), Haughton, Graham (Author) |
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ISBN: 041531464X ISBN-13: 9780415314640 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $80.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2003 Annotation: With its mandate for promoting sustainable development and supporting economic development, regional planning has been right at the center of some of the most important policy debates in English regionalism. Where regional economic strategies for instance were produced quickly and with little dissent, regional planning has been the site of some major public disputes, with public examinations providing the opportunity for 'hidden' tensions to be teased out and debated. The result has been some fascinating debates about the very nature of regionalism, and indeed the nature of planning, which have challenged the ability of regional planning to find solutions to the very differing underlying value assumptions of economic development protagonists, environmental groups, and social housing interests, amongst others. The book focuses on recent regional policy and planning debates in all eight English regions, with a range of local case studies used to ground the analysis in local as well as regional planning.The analysis builds on a range of theoretical insights, including state theory and governance, political ecology, governmentality and collaborative planning. Drawing particularly on a discourse approach, the major empirical sections examine a range of major controversies from the past give years of regional planning, including: - the socio-political nature of resistance to new housing on greenfield sites, - alternative approaches to promoting sustainable urban development and policies for 'urban renaissance', - disagreements over policies to redirect or constrain economic expansion in high pressure growth areas, - the social and political basis of new planningtechnologies for protecting environmental assets for the future, including sustainability appraisals. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development - Architecture | Urban & Land Use Planning - Business & Economics | Economics - General |
| Dewey: 338.941 |
| LCCN: 2003013492 |
| Series: Regional Development and Public Policy |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 6.34" W x 9.21" (1.01 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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:
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