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This paper examines the way concepts of place and space are being used in the new wave of strategic spatial plans in Europe, in relation to the intellectual debates in the social sciences and humanities on these concepts. In the 1980s, the practice of spatial or territorial planning in many parts of Europe had deserted conceptions of the strategic development of cities and regions. Instead, the emphasis was on large projects of renewal and transformation of urban landscapes, justified through arguments about the need to break out of strategic spatial organising ideas locked into the urban plans of an earlier era (Healey, Khakee et al. 1997; Salet, Faludi 2000; Albrechts, Alden et al. 2001; Balducci 2001). By the end of the millenium, however, strategic spatial plans, frameworks and perspectives were back in fashion among Europe’s planning policy communities, and were actively being promoted by European Union initiatives (CSD 1999; Salet, Faludi 2000; Albrechts, Alden et al. 2001; Faludi ed. 2002; Faludi, Waterhout 2002).
An earlier draft of this paper was presented at the EURA Conference on Urban and Spatial European Policies in Turin, April 2002, and at seminars at Cardiff and Newcastle Universities. I am grateful for helpful discussions at these events and thoughtful subsequent comments from Ole Jensen, Enrico Gualini, Wil Zonneveld and Brendan Murtagh, as well as two anonymous referees. Der Beitrag wird 2004 im International Journal of Urban and Regional Research erscheinen. Wir danken der Autorin für die Bereitstellung.
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Healey, P. (2004). The Treatment of Space and Place in the new Strategic Spatial Planning in Europe. In: Müller, B., Löb, S., Zimmermann, K. (eds) Steuerung und Planung im Wandel. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-80583-6_17
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