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Bringing together authors from academia and practice, this book examines spatial planning at different places throughout the British Isles. Six illustrative case studies of practice examine which conceptions of space and place have been articulated, presented and visualized through the production of spatial strategies. Ranging from a large conurbation (London) to regional (Yorkshire and Humber) and national levels, the case studies give a rounded and grounded view of the physical results and the theory behind them. While there is widespread support for re-orienting planning towards space and place, there has been little common understanding about what constitutes ‘spatial planning’, and what conceptions of space and place underpin it. This book addresses these questions and stimulates debate and critical thinking about space and place among academic and professional planners.
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Conceptions of Space and Place in Strategic Spatial Planning RTPI Library Series ; 17.17 Davoudi, Simin.; Strange, Ian. Taylor & Francis Routledge 0415431026 9780415431026 9780203886502 English City planning--England, Land use--England, Open spaces-England, Regional planning--England, Spatial behavior-England. 2009 HT169.G72C585 2008eb 307.1/2160942 City planning--England, Land use--England, Open spaces-England, Regional planning--England, Spatial behavior-England. cover
Page i Conceptions of Space and Place in Stritegic Spatial Planning The latter part of the twentieth century witnessed the resurgence of strategic spatial plans and perspectives at various scales, ranging from the European to the regional and local levels. This book examines the ways in which this new wave of spatial planning has been informed by the concepts of space and place and how these concepts have been used in the construction of plans. The authors, both academics and practitioners, provide an historical analysis of the different ways in which the notions of space and place have been adopted in planning thought and practice. Also, through an exploration of recent experiences of strategic spatial plan making in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, they consider the ways in which contemporary spatial planning practices employ ideas about space and place.
Using six illustrative case studies of practice, this book examines which conceptions of space and place have been articulated, presented and visualised through the production of spatial strategies. By bringing together leading planning researchers, it produces accounts of spatial strategy making that are theoretically informed, empirically grounded and practice relevant. Although there is widespread support for reorienting planning towards space and place, there has been little common understanding about what constitutes ‘spatial planning’, and what conceptions of space and place underpin it. This book addresses these questions and stimulates debate and critical thinking about space and place among academic and professional planners. Simin Davoudi is Professor of Environmental Policy and Planning and Co-Director of the Institute for Research on Environment and Sustainability (IRES) at Newcastle University. She is Past President of the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP). Ian Strange is Professor of Spatial Planning at the Centre for Urban Development and Environmental Management in the School of the Built Environment at Leeds Metropolitan University. page_i Page ii
THE RTPI Library Series Editor: Robert Upton, RTPI, London, UK Published by Routledge in conjunction with the Royal Town Planning Institute, this series of leading-edge texts looks at all aspects of spatial planning theory and practice from a comparative and inte