Routledge Reshaping Regional Planning: A Northern Perspective (Routledge Revivals)

Product Description This title was first published in 2002: Uniting scholars from across the full range of social sciences, this distinctive volume provides a unique overview of northern European planning. It examines all the key issues as well as the evolution, traditions, current innovations and future developments in the field of planning. Focusing on how planning impacts upon social issues such as employment, social exclusion and quality of life, the volume also looks at innovations in planning policy and practice, in particular the challenge of sustainability. The contributors analyze the built environment's relationship with culture and take a critical look at the creative re-thinking currently taking place in Nordic planning. Review 'This is a very interesting book for anyone interested in the challenges facing planning in Scandinavian welfare states.' Urban Studies 'A wide audience will find inspiring and interesting ideas for further regional research and in reshaping regional planning at an operational level.' Geografiska Annaler 'The book does...address a range of contemporary planning issues, practical and theoretical, which...have resonance with evolving approaches to regional planning in the UK...this book contains much that will be of interest to regional planners in the UK.' The Geographical Journal About the Author Folke Snickars is Professor of Regional Planning at the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. Brita Olerup, formerly at the Department of Infrastructure and Planning, now a Senior Researcher in the Department of Industrial Economics and Management, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. Lars Olof Persson is currently associated both with the Department of Infrastructure and Planning at the Royal Institute of Technology and the Nordic Centre for Spatial Development (Nordregio), both in Stockholm, Sweden.