ABSTRACT
This book provides a multi-disciplinary study of territory, identity and space in a devolved UK, through the lens of spatial planning. It draws together leading internationally renowned researchers from a variety of disciplines to address the implications of devolution upon spatial planning and the rescaling of UK politics. Each contributor offers a different perspective on the core issues in planning today in the context of New Labour’s regional project, particularly the government’s concern with business competitiveness, and key themes are illustrated with important case studies throughout.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|80 pages
Theoretical contexts for territory, identity and spatial planning
chapter 4|17 pages
Towards a transnational space of governance?
part 2|102 pages
Studies of territorial and spatial planning
chapter 6|23 pages
The contested creation of new state spaces
chapter 10|14 pages
Escaping policy gravity
part 3|88 pages
Institutions of governance and substantive policy roles
chapter 16|16 pages
We'll have more please, but not now and not like that
part 4|95 pages
Complexities and interdependencies in spatial governance