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The notion of “spatial planning” has emerged as something of a new planning orthodoxy. Underpinning it lie various notions of integration—of policy communities and agendas, for example. This paper considers the evolution of integrated spatial planning in the various UK territories, focusing particularly on the experiences of Scotland. It analyses horizontal and vertical forms of integration using the notion of “governance lines”. These help explore the interaction between policies and actions at various spatial levels to examine how governance action can be re-scaled. A focus on Scotland highlights both divergence from European experience and a number of long-standing, but often subtly different, concerns for planners. Notable among these are the power spatial planning has in other policy sectors to pursue integration, and the co-ordination of land-use issues and infrastructure delivery. These issues present challenges for agendas of integration and highlights their political nature, raising as they do questions such as: how far can integration be pursued in the contemporary governance landscape; and thus to whom and on what might focuses on integration be directed? Such an analysis suggests potentials and limitations for a spatial planning agenda in the future.
Author(s): Vigar G
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: European Planning Studies
Year: 2009
Volume: 17
Issue: 11
Pages: 1571-1590
ISSN (print): 0965-4313
ISSN (electronic): 1469-5944
Publisher: Routledge
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09654310903226499
DOI: 10.1080/09654310903226499
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