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Structural problems for the renewal of planning styles: the spanish case1

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This article first presents a historical review of Spain's involvement in the European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP) preparation process to determine whether ESDP guidelines are different from, contrary to or in harmony with the interests of Spanish proposals. Particular attention is paid to the priority lines and territorial objectives of the Spanish delegation and its emphasis in substantive issues related to cohesion, and linking spatial planning with European Union (EU) funding. If, as the network paradigm maintains, spatial development is not possible without new methods of governance, our work has to focus on two related questions. The first question regards the evolution and the present situation of spatial planning within the Spanish administrative framework seen from a horizontal perspective; what does spatial planning mean and who decides what? The second question is whether it is true to say that new planning habits have been adopted in town and regional planning from a vertical, inter...