The characteristics of the planning and governance systems influence how participatory
practices, such as focus groups and online consultations, are employed. This study reviews …

The paper concentrates on tools and technologies used for participatory processes in
sustainable urban planning. Scotland's Place Standard, BREEAM-Communities assessment …

Improving the qualities of places is attracting increasing policy and academic interest in
contemporary Europe. This raises questions about the appropriate governance capacity to …

The urban area is characterized by different urban ecosystems that interact with different
institutional levels, including different stakeholders and decision-makers, such as public …

Citizen dialogues and other participatory practices are basically the norm in contemporary
spatial planning. Nonetheless, what happens to citizen input after it has been collected–how …

A main challenge facing spatial planning today is sustainable development, in official
documents defined as ecological, social and economic sustainability. In a power perspective …

This article identifies two alternative collaborative spatial planning discourses: a leading
government with societal participation and self-governance by societal actors with …

This paper explores the role of stakeholder engagement in metropolitan planning within
liberal democracies, such as Australia, and in particular the use of Geographic Information …

International and national policies stress the importance of spatial planning for the long-term
sustainability of regions. This paper identifies the extent to which the spatial planning in a …

In 2004 the English planning system was subject to extensive reforms which introduced a
'spatial planning'approach that goes beyond traditional land-use planning in integrating …