National-Level Spatial Planning in Democratic Countries: An International Comparison of City and Regional Policy-Making: 4 (TPR [Town Planning Review] Special Studies) - Tapa blanda

National-level spatial planning in democratic countries has been all but ignored by researchers in urban and regional planning since the reconstruction years following World War II. Being synonymous for many with repressive regimes and coercive government practices, national-level planning also fell into some disrepute. A set of specially commissioned papers from leading researchers has produced this challenging and comprehensive study of current national-level planning in ten countries of the developed world. Challenging common assumptions, this comparative international study finds that there seems to be a modest trend whereby, on the threshold of the 21st century, national-level planning has grown in importance in democratic, advanced-economy countries.

Rachelle Alterman holds the David Azrieli Chair in Town Planning at the Technion, Haifa. Her extensive research on planning theory, comparative planning law and comparative land policy has been published internationally in leading journals, and she is the author of several books.