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Understanding the Reorientations and Roles of Spatial Planning: The Case of National Planning Policy in Denmark

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Spatial planning commonly adopts a diversity of functions and logics in contributing to the handling of growth and development. Being influenced by an array of contextual driving forces that result in specific institutional practices and policy agendas, spatial planning seems to be constantly reoriented in terms of its purposes and reasoning. This article sets out to explore the diverse orientations and roles that spatial planning has assumed in Denmark over a 50-year period. In doing so, the article examines the evolution of national planning policy by means of a multi-disciplinary framework comprising analytical concepts drawn from planning theory, state spatial theory and discourse analysis. Based on an in-depth study, the article then attempts to qualify, illustrate and synthesize the diverse roles that spatial planning has assumed in Denmark throughout that timeframe. The article concludes that spatial planning initially assumed a steering role, which has been either supplemented or substituted by balancing and/or strategic roles over the course of the past two decades. As a whole, this case is thought to contribute to current discussions regarding how spatial planning is shaped in different parts of Europe.

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  • Daniel Galland, 2011. "Understanding the Reorientations and Roles of Spatial Planning: The Case of National Planning Policy in Denmark," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(8), pages 1359-1392, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:20:y:2011:i:8:p:1359-1392
    DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2012.680584
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