E-Books →Regions, Spatial Strategies and Sustainable Development

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:
the socio-political resistance to new housing on Greenfield sites
alternative approaches to promoting sustainable urban development and policies for urban renaissance
policies on redirecting or constraining economic expansion in high-pressure growth areas
the social and political bases of new planning technologies for protecting the environment, including sustainability appraisals.