While many policy tools can be used to develop spatial plans and implement their goals,
there have been very few academic attempts to classify and illustrate the whole range of …

Die Reihe bietet empirisch angeleiteten, quantitativen und international vergleichenden
Arbeiten, Untersuchungen von grenzüberschreitenden Transformationsund …

This paper advocates the need for transformative planning practices to cope with
contemporary crises of climate change and intensifying economic inequality that regions …

Spatial planning is a comprehensive field of public policy and characterized by a
considerable diversity of policy tools. Some of these policy tools have a long tradition, but a …

Metropolitan planning has been a dominant trend in spatial development for decades. In this
context, Functional Urban Areas (FUAs) have emerged as a concept to illustrate the …

Despite often stated sustainability goals, much of traditional planning practice remains
concerned with facilitating the market and maintaining the status quo rather than challenging …

Over time people's desire to participate in some way in development approvals decisions
that affect them has only increased. This is particularly so regarding decisions about new …

Abstract “Closing the gap between energy research and modelling, the social sciences, and
modern realities” is how Jefferson describes the necessary closing of the gap between …

This chapter outlines a conceptual model for understanding the range of policy tools which
can be used in spatial planning. The classification of tools builds on the NATO model …

Geothermal energy as a sustainable heat source has the potential to make a significant
contribution to the energy transition in the Netherlands. It can meet heating, cooling and …