Soft Spaces, Fuzzy Boundaries, and Metagovernance: The New Spatial Planning in the Thames Gateway

Phil Allmendinger and Graham Haughton
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Phil Allmendinger: Centre for Planning Studies, Land Economy, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AW, England
Graham Haughton: Department of Geography, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, England

Environment and Planning A, 2009, vol. 41, issue 3, 617-633

Abstract: This paper examines the changing practices of spatial planning, critically engaging with state theory to argue that a new generation of ‘soft spaces’ and ‘fuzzy boundaries' occupies a key position in the emergent planning system. In the process we question whether privileged scales and sectors can meaningfully be identified in current state-restructuring processes. We use interviews with key national policy makers and a case study of the Thames Gateway to test our ideas.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1068/a40208

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