Shaping Regional Futures

Combines the existing literature on spatial planning, governance and governance-rescaling with reflection on regional design practices Uses a designed and illustrated format to provide evidence of academic debate in planning practices and policies Richly illustrated, offering a better understanding of the output of visioning practices in strategic and spatial planning

Auteur
Valeria Lingua is Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture at the University of Florence, Italy.Verena Balz is Assistant Professor at the Department of Urbanism at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.

Résumé
"The book's great strength lies in the wide variety of empirical studies as well as the helpful perspective each contribution gives to the general themes. ... the book provides interesting material for a wide readership, whether scholars of planning theory or urban studies to political scientists, while it is highly recommended for future spatial planners and designers." (Eurasien Geography and Economics, April 28, 2020)

Contenu
Part I: The Terms of Reference.- Regional Designing and Visioning in Governance Rescaling: Between Soft and Hard Spaces for Planning.- The Institutionalisation of a Creative Practice: Changing Roles of Regional Design in Dutch National Planning.- The Transformative Capacity of Regional Design.- How Regional Designing and Spatial Planning are Entangled.- Part II: Governance Rescaling Across Europe.- Governance Rescaling and Strategic Planning in England: Provoking Debate by Means of Spatial Plans.