The Learning Machine: European Integration in the Planning Mirror

Andreas Faludi
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Andreas Faludi: Delft University of Technology, OTB Research Institute for Housing, Urban and Mobility Studies, PO Box 5030, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands

Environment and Planning A, 2008, vol. 40, issue 6, 1470-1484

Abstract: EU policies seek to bring the EU territory closer to resembling a ‘level playing field’. The paper first discusses efforts to inject a territorial dimension into EU policies, including the European Spatial Development Perspective. During its preparation, the same issue of national sovereignty has been dominant as in the subsequent debate concerning the European Constitution. Had it been ratified, the Constitution would have given European planning a boost. The paper discusses its rejection and reviews literature that presents views of the EU as an unprecedented, dynamic construct, with transnational learning as the engine. Next, the paper discusses the application of the European Spatial Development Perspective, during which planners have been learning about territory and territorial governance in the context of an integrating Europe. Like with European integration generally, European planning can thus be understood as a learning machine.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1068/a39225

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