While many policy tools can be used to develop spatial plans and implement their goals,
there have been very few academic attempts to classify and illustrate the whole range of …

In this paper, we present results from an in-depth questionnaire survey, in which experts
from ten EU Member States and the UK assessed the progress towards the EU's 'no net land …

Whether spatial planning systems are equipped to cope with contemporary regional and
urban challenges is strongly dependent on their capacity to promote integration between …

This paper is based on the results of an extensive (840-page) report of the Committee on
National Spatial Development of the Polish Academy of Sciences, entitled Studies on …

Highlights Most CEE countries have at least two types of spatial plans at the local level. In
every CEE country, at least one type of spatial plan is a universally binding legal act. A …

This article examines how spatial planning systems have changed in Portugal, Spain, Italy
and Greece in times of economic recession and austerity politics, in amid pressures of …

The UN Paris Agreement of November 2016 recognises the need for a 'cleaner and more
efficient energy system'as a core policy goal to address climate change. The spatial and …

The task of combining objectives, spatial planning instruments, and climate change
adaptation targets is a complex endeavour that varies across countries. There is a call for a …

This article discusses the concepts of soft spaces and soft planning in the context of city-
regional planning, complementing the discussion with an excursion to “soft law”. The point of …

Urban planning is assumed to play an important role in developing nature-based solutions
(NBS). To explore how NBS is addressed in urban development, municipal planning …