Planning Strategically or by the Book?—Contentious Land Use Planning in South-eastern Finland

Matti Fritsch and Heikki Eskelinen

Planning Practice & Research, 2018, vol. 33, issue 2, 137-153

Abstract: The debate on strategic spatial planning highlights the limitations of statutory land use planning in weighing up future options for spatial development, particularly in instances of rapid change. This paper draws on this debate in order to analyse planning institutions and practices in Finland. The case in point is the south-eastern border region where interdependencies with Russia, particularly shopping tourism, have created pressures on land use and led to contentious planning processes between regional and central levels of government. It is argued that, in the absence of cross-border spatial co-ordination, there is a need to establish links between regional land use planning and visions of spatial scenarios in the national context.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/02697459.2017.1378976

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