European Spatial Planning and Territorial Cooperation

by Stefanie Dühr, Vincent Nadin

There is a strong international dimension to spatial planning. European integration strengthens interconnections, development and decision-making across national and regional borders. EU policies in areas such as environment, transport, agriculture or regional policy have far-reaching effects on spatial development patterns and planning procedures. Planners in the EU are now routinely engaged in cooperation across national borders to share and devise effective ways of intervening in the way our cities, towns and rural areas develop. In short, the EU has become an important framework for planning practice, research and teaching. Spatial planning in Europe is being ‘Europeanized’, with corresponding changes for the role of planners. Written for students, academics, practitioners and researchers of spatial planning and related disciplines, this book is essential reading for everybody interested in engaging with the European dimension of spatial planning and territorial governance. It

480 pages, Paperback

First published February 18, 2010

About the author

Stefanie Dühr (b. 1969) is an expert in the European dimension of spatial planning and has experience in the comparison of planning systems across Europe, usually employing qualitative approaches. She was appointed as Professor of European Spatial Planning Systems at the Nijmegen School of Management of the Radboud University in 2013.