Comparing Spatial Planning Practice in Europe: A Plea for Cultural Sensitization

Mario Reimer and Hans Blotevogel

Planning Practice & Research, 2012, vol. 27, issue 1, 7-24

Abstract: Comparative research into spatial planning systems typically adopts a structuralist/legalistic approach. This article presents and argues for an integrated perspective which embraces both systemic structures and concrete planning practices. The article begins with a short survey of the current state of comparative research on planning and its weaknesses. At the heart of the article is the endeavor to sensitize the discourse in planning theory towards a culturalistically oriented interpretational context. The studies which display the greatest potential for connectivity in this regard come from comparative research on governance. The concept of the institutional milieu which such research has produced provides the starting-point for an outline of some of the key aspects of a culturally sensitized form of comparative planning research which focuses primarily on the micro level. This represents something akin to a research agenda.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1080/02697459.2012.659517

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