List of illustrations |
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Preface and acknowledgements |
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List of abbreviations |
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PART 1 Context |
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1.3 Towards regional planning |
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1.4 Alternative delimitations of regions |
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1.5 The purposes of regional planning |
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1.6 Why is regional planning popular now? |
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1.7 Regional planning and regional policy |
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1.8 Regional planning in the UK and wider influences |
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2 A short history of UK regional planning |
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2.2 The range of regional planning activity |
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2.3 UK regional policy, in an EU context |
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2.4 Regional strategic planning |
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2.5 Conclusions a necessary but contested area |
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PART 2 Theorising regional planning |
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3 Theorising regional planning: processes |
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3.1 Introduction: an underdeveloped field |
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3.2 Two approaches to understanding regional planning |
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3.3 Two broad tendencies in control of the process |
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3.4 Regional planning as a policy cycle |
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3.5 Management of the regional planning process |
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3.6 Planning professionals in regional planning |
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3.7 Major issues in power and democracy |
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4 Theorising regional planning: substantive |
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4.2 Regional growth and development |
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4.3 Regional spatial structure |
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4.4 Sustainable regional development |
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4.5 On dynamic systems some conclusions |
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PART 3 Evolving UK practice |
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5 The new English regional planning |
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5.2 English regionalisation its institutions and practice |
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5.3 The new regional planning system |
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5.4 The landscape of regional strategising |
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6 Regional planning in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: the 'devolved' system |
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6.2 An evolving institutional context |
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6.3 Early innovative practice |
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6.4 'National' spatial plans |
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6.5 Planning for city regions a Scottish example |
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6.6 Conclusions prospects and lessons |
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7 Making and executing regional spatial plans |
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7.1 Introduction a goal of integrated spatial planning |
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7.2 Achieving integration substantively |
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7.3 Achieving integration by process means |
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7.4 Achieving integration summarising |
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7.6 The stages of regional planning |
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7.7 In conclusion: a regional planning policy cycle? |
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8 Components of regional planning: economy |
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8.1 Introduction to plan 'components' |
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8.3 Policy/agency responses |
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8.5 Some sub-regional examples |
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9 Components of regional planning: housing |
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9.3 Policy/agency responses |
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9.5 The case of contested numbers in South East England |
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10 Components of regional planning: transport |
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10.3 Policy and agency responses |
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11 Components of regional planning: environment |
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11.2 Range, drivers and issues |
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11.3 Policy and agency responses |
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11.4 Environmental techniques impact assessment |
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12 Processes and politics in regional planning |
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12.2 The English model summarised |
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12.3 How the major actors work together (or not) |
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12.4 The involvement of the wider public |
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PART 4 Wider prospects: European and future |
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13 Regional planning in a European context |
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13.2 The EU framework for regional planning |
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13.3 Evolving regional planning in the EU 'core' |
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13.4 Developing regional planning practice on the EU 'periphery' |
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14.2 A regional imperative? |
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14.3 Successful control and integration? |
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14.6 Values for regional planning |
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14.7 Prospects for regional planning |
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14.8 International convergence? |
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References |
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Index |
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