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The Fluid Scales and Scope of UK Spatial Planning

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  • Philip Allmendinger

    (Department of Real Estate and Planning, University of Reading Business School, Reading RG6 6AW, England)

  • Graham Haughton

    (Department of Geography, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, England)

Abstract

In this paper we argue that the emerging new systems for subnational plans and spatial strategies represent a highly contested policy terrain over which battles are being played out about what constitute the appropriate scale, scope, and process of strategic planmaking activities. Significantly, these debates are being played out in different ways in different parts of the post devolutionary UK state. The approach adopted here engages with and develops existing work on state restructuring and sociopolitical rescaling. In doing so we bring struggles over spatial planning to the centre of the analysis, addressing calls for increasing integration across different sectoral policy domains.

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  • Philip Allmendinger & Graham Haughton, 2007. "The Fluid Scales and Scope of UK Spatial Planning," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 39(6), pages 1478-1496, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:39:y:2007:i:6:p:1478-1496
    DOI: 10.1068/a38230
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