ABSTRACT
In recent years, there have been some major changes in the management of planning projects and infrastructure development, such as roads, rail and waterways. The emphasis is increasingly on local and regional integration of these projects. These changes have a profound influence on questions of evaluation: the qualities legitimate project proposals should have, the benefits and costs related to development initiatives, the complexity and effectiveness of integrated land-use management practice. This chapter brings together contributions from experts in the fields of spatial planning, regional science and infrastructure management to tackle an emerging agenda of spatially-oriented integrated evaluation. It sets out to clarify the nature and roles of evaluation in the wider context of current planning and policy practices, presenting current academic thinking and concepts, case studies, methods, and policy and practice review to examine and assess integrated land-use management.
