This paper explores the imaginations of place and spatial organization and of governance
mobilized in recent experiences of strategic spatial planning for urban regions in Europe …

This work aims to shed light on the contribution of the Cohesion Policy to the urban
dimension of Portuguese cities. This research is based on a case study of Porto. The results …

Os estudos sobre tipologias de sistemas nacionais de ordenamento do território existentes
na Europa têm atribuído classificações distintas a Portugal. A que se deve esta dispersão …

The plan vs project dilemma is a starting discussion point in classic urban and regional
studies in which key planning ideas originate from plans, projects, or both. Urban and …

Water Sensitive Planning (WSP) recognizes the centrality of water in the urban built
environment, something often overlooked in urban planning systems. WSP was primarily …

The first utilizations of social justice theory as a guide to planning theory and practice were
founded on David Harvey's attempt to incorporate issues of redistributive justice into …

This article is about the influence of the European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP)
and its follow-up processes in the Portuguese spatial planning system. The Portuguese …

In this article, I seek to expose how scholars came to construct the idea that Portugal is an
'unplanned country'—a product of disorderly growth. While urban scholarship has now …

From within the European Union integration project, a shared spatial development agenda
has emerged. From the beginning of the European Spatial Development Perspective …

José Alberto Afonso Alexandre O planeamento estratégico como instrumento de
desenvolvimento de cidades de média dimensão Page 1 Universidade de Aveiro 2003 …