Cohesion Coherence Cooperation European Spatial Planning Coming Of Age

Download or read book Cohesion, Coherence, Cooperation: European Spatial Planning Coming of Age? written by Andreas Faludi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-10-18 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its foundation the European Union has gradually developed policies that are aimed at achieving increased economic and social cohesion. This book examines the most recent of these, the concept of territorial cohesion. Territorial cohesion is the pursuit of balanced development, competitiveness, sustainable development, and good governance. These concerns are most readily addressed by the formulation of spatial strategies under the umbrella of spatial planning, that brings together a multitude of public and private actors in a process that requires cohesion, coherence and co-operation. This book traces the development of spatial planning at European level and argues that spatial planning can become a vehicle, not only for territorial cohesion, but for EU policy generally.