Spatial Planning as Institutional Design

European Countries Amid Economic Crisis and Austerity

Louis C. Wassenhoven (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

318 Seiten

2024
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-0353-3905-1 (ISBN)

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This book focuses on the urban and regional planning systems in Europe under conditions of economic crisis and austerity. Spatial Planning as Institutional Design examines the structure and legislation of these systems throughout the twentieth century as well as the decade before the 2008 economic and fiscal crisis and the years of recovery following it.

Louis C. Wassenhoven provides critical analysis of spatial planning systems within Europe and reviews the theories of these institutions and their design. Using his personal experience as a member of a law-making committee in Greece, Wassenhoven illustrates the idea that spatial planning is an important component of a modern democratic state. Defining legal frameworks as an act of institutional design, the book further explores insightful findings through extensive country studies and the lessons to be learnt in the future.

This engaging read is of particular significance to scholars of spatial planning, social science and planning law. Researchers and policy makers interested in territorial development and land use will also find the analysis informative.

Louis C. Wassenhoven, Professor Emeritus (Urban and Regional Planning), Department of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Architectural Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Contents
Foreword xii
Preface xvi
1 Introduction to Spatial Planning as Institutional Design
PART I SPATIAL PLANNING SYSTEMS IN
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY THE
2008 ECONOMIC CRISIS
2 Spatial planning systems in the 20th century
3 Drafting spatial planning legislation as institutional
design: theoretical foundations
4 Spatial planning systems on the eve of the economic
crisis, 2000—2010
5 The economic crisis
PART II THE REFORM OF THE URBAN AND
REGIONAL PLANNING SYSTEMS AS
A RESULT OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS
6 Efforts of reform in countries suffering from the crisis
7 Greece: EU Task Force and special steering committee for
spatial planning reform
PART III SPATIAL PLANNING SYSTEMS AFTER THE CRISIS
8 Developments after exiting from the crisis: comparisons
9 Summing up: an overview
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	26.08.2024
Reihe/Serie	Elgar Studies in Planning Theory, Policy and Practice
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Allgemeines Verwaltungsrecht
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Finanzwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-0353-3905-6 / 1035339056
ISBN-13	978-1-0353-3905-1 / 9781035339051
Zustand	Neuware