European Union Spatial Policy and Planning Book

PART ONE: CONTEXT, INSTITUTIONS AND CONCEPTS Introducing the EU as a Jurisdiction and Planning Subject The Quest for European Union The Institutions and Powers of the EU Language and Meaning The Tower of Babel Problem PART TWO: POLICY SECTORS A Chronology of Spatial Policy Development Ways of Looking at EU Space The Cohesion and Structural Funds The Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow Hands across the Border Networking, Lobbying and Crossborder Planning Transport and Trans-European Networks Environment Policy Towards an Urban Policy Europe 2000+ and the State of Policy Development PART THREE:OPERATING IN EUROPE The Professions and Planning Practice The European Functions of Local Planning Authorities PART FOUR: CONCLUSIONS Future Agendas The New Planning Scale?