Although the functions of spatial governance and planning systems are generalizable, 30
years of comparative studies, especially in Europe, have shown the heterogeneity …

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

Tactical urbanism initiatives have been interpreted as an alternative and a challenge to
formal spatial planning tools to the need for a more responsive planning system. Short-term …

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 …

Environmental planning is considered an important process to positively encourage the
inclusion of nature-based solutions (NbS) in urban areas. The success of their …

Back in 2006, Zapatero's pride in his country's development might have been forgivable. At
this time, Spain was the eighth largest economy in the world. In the preceding decade, the …

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 …

Inadequate regulation of spatial development is at the origin of the current global crisis and
increases, in years of crisis, the unequal distribution of wealth. The importance of the related …

This paper shows that, in principle, better public control in planning tends to contain land
consumption in the medium-long term, thus confirming the reliability of the typology of spatial …