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The book discusses how spatial planning systems need to be reformed in order to be effective in the 21st century. It argues that spatial planning systems need to be reformed in order to be effective in the 21st century, and that new ways of thinking about space, place, and territory are necessary in order to make this happen. The book discusses how spatial planning systems need to be reformed in order to be effective in the 21st century, and that new ways of thinking about space, place, and territory are necessary in order to make this happen.
A dramatic change of political and economic contexts has brought forward the need for spatial planning systems and practices to go through some substantial changes, so as to assert its position or to define a new role for itself. This work argues that the new ways of "doing governance" need to be linked to new ways of thinking about space, place and territory, if spatial planning systems are to be transformed into valuable governance activities in the 21st century. The aims of the book are, therefore, to discuss some of the new ways of understanding space; to explore, in an international context, some of the new ways of engaging in governance processes by spatial planning systems; and take some tentative steps towards bringing these two discursive realms together.
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