National Planning Systems Between Convergence and Incongruity: Implications for Cross-Border Cooperation from the German-Polish Perspective
Authors:
- Alexander Guido Tölle
Abstract
Convergence of national planning systems in Europe has become an important issue in the context of transnational and cross-border planning, which in turn plays a key role in the policy of creating a cohesive European space. Converging trends concerning planning styles and structures may undoubtedly be detected and also include new European Union (EU) member countries. Yet, by a minute's inspection of the (long-established) German and of the (created in the run-up to EU membership) Polish planning system from a cross-border planning perspective, it becomes obvious that similar structures may not coincide with a similar idea of what spatial planning is about. As highlighted by two chosen examples-cross-border twin-city and metropolitan planning-this results in significant hindrances for planning cooperation in its own right. The article concludes that any convergence of planning systems-if it was to have a constructive impact on cross-border planning-needs to be based on the acceptance of joint planning standards, objectives and values. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
- Record ID
- UAMb3c8edc0f7dc40828b14f6c929296c28
- Author
- Journal series
- European Planning Studies, ISSN 0965-4313
- Issue year
- 2013
- Vol
- 21
- Pages
- 615-630
- ASJC Classification
- DOI
- DOI:10.1080/09654313.2012.722957 Opening in a new tab
- Language
- (en) English
- Score (nominal)
- 25
- Score source
- journalList
- Score
- Publication indicators
- = 7; : 2013 = 1.131; : 2013 (2 years) = 1.025 - 2013 (5 years) =1.147
- Uniform Resource Identifier
- https://researchportal.amu.edu.pl/info/article/UAMb3c8edc0f7dc40828b14f6c929296c28/
- URN
urn:amu-prod:UAMb3c8edc0f7dc40828b14f6c929296c28
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