Providing an overview of rural (spatial) planning for students on planning, geography and
related programmes, this book charts the major patterns and processes of rural change …

Economic geographer Andrés Rodríguez-Pose argued recently that declining peripheries
are increasingly becoming 'places that don't matter'in the formation or implementation of …

Housing systems in many countries are now more market-oriented than ever before. This is
particularly true of the UK, where there is heightened interest in the ability of the market to …

This paper aims at providing empirical evidence to the question as to whether integration of
different instruments is achieving its aim in supporting sustainable decision making, focusing …

Austria and Sweden were both relatively unaffected by the economic crisis, challenges of
the provision of welfare still exist, at least in peripheries. Economic downturn and …

Too often the culture of planning is reactive and defensive. We want a culture which
promotes planning as a positive tool: a culture which grasps the opportunities to improve the …

Attempts to reform planning systems often draw into question the attitudes and commitments
of the planners charged with realising change. Since 2001 the English planning system has …

This paper examines and updates the rank-size distribution of cities and municipalities in
Bangladesh between 1990 and 2019 based on two criteria:(1) built-up urban areas; and (2) …

The paper makes a contribution to European comparative research on spatial planning by
providing an instrument-oriented methodological framework for forms of planning. Based on …

The integration of land use planning with other spatially significant policy sectors has been a
longstanding aspiration and subject of debate in the planning profession and academia. The …