Regional Development And Spatial Planning in an Enlarged European Union

Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 8
Notes on Contributors......Page 10
Foreword......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 14
Part I: New Approaches to Regional Development and Spatial Planning......Page 16
1 Introduction: Regional Development and Spatial Planning in an Enlarged European Union......Page 18
2 Regional Development and Spatial Planning......Page 32
Part II: The Evolving European Union Context for Regional Development and Spatial Planning......Page 56
3 The Europeanization of Spatial Planning......Page 58
4 Spatial Planning in the Economic Core of Europe: The Transition from Land-use Planning to Spatial Structure Planning in Flanders......Page 80
Part III: Regional Development and Spatial Planning in the Celtic Periphery......Page 100
5 Increasing and Spreading Prosperity: Regional Development, Spatial Planning and the Enduring ‘Prosperity Gap’ in Wales......Page 102
6 Quality And Connectivity: The Continuing Tradition of Strategic Spatial Planning in Scotland......Page 122
7 Balanced Regional Development and the National Spatial Strategy: Addressing the Challenges of Economic Growth and Spatial Change in Ireland......Page 144
Part IV: Regional Development and Spatial Planning in the Baltics......Page 168
8 National Spatial Strategies in the Baltic States......Page 170
9 Barriers to Regional Development in the New Member States: The Latvian Experience......Page 196
10 Towards Balanced Development in Latvia: The Experience of the Latgale Region......Page 214
11 The Response to Regional Disparities in Lithuania......Page 236
Part V: Key Challenges for the Future......Page 258
12 Sustainable Development: Reality or Myth?......Page 260
13 Reviewing Experience of Regional Development and Spatial Planning in Europe......Page 280
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H......Page 293
L......Page 294
N......Page 295
S......Page 296
W......Page 298