Values-Led Planning Approach in Spatial Development: A Methodology

Armands Auzins and Uchendu Eugene Chigbu
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Armands Auzins: Institute of Civil Engineering and Real Estate Economics, Riga Technical University, Kalnciema Street 6-210, LV-1048 Riga, Latvia
Uchendu Eugene Chigbu: Department of Land and Property Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources and Spatial Sciences, Namibia University of Science and Technology, 13 Jackson Kaujeua Street, Private Bag 13388, Windhoek 9000, Khomas, Namibia

Land, 2021, vol. 10, issue 5, 1-19

Abstract: The scope of land management, which includes spatial planning as an activity in the public domain, demands that a planning process that is based on publicly or societally acceptable values is a matter of necessity. This study proposes a methodology for introducing a values-led planning (VLP) approach in spatial development. The motivation of the study is to promote the embrace of assessed values in planning. The study draws from issues evoked in various topical studies on European comparative perspectives. By way of argumentation, the study makes three relevant contributions to the literature and spatial planning and development practice. First, it presents and discusses the essential elements required in the design of methodology. In this way, it figuratively depicts VLP as a consequence of interactions between four key elements of spatial planning. Second, it proposes an actual methodology for action. Third, it discusses the applicability of the methodology. The proposed methodology would be useful for planners, including public authorities, land managers, and community leaders, who make socio-spatial decisions in land management and related activities.

Keywords: values-led approaches; values; methodology; land management; land-use; spatial planning; land administration; values-led planning; spatial development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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