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Article: The European agenda and spatial planning in the UK: guest editors Stefanie Duhr and Vincent Nadin intorduce the special issue on the impact of European spatial development initiatives on the UK with an overview of European and transnational planning initiatives and a look at the more important developments in wider EU policy-making.(special issue: european spatial planning)
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- Town and Country Planning
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- March 1, 2005
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THIS IS A GOOD TIME to review the UK's involvement in European spatial planning. A new Commission under Manuel Barroso has taken up office with an emphasis on stimulating economic growth and employment, while also retaining the commitments to sustainable development and social cohesion. The European institutions recognise that there is a strong territorial or spatial dimension to the resolution of these competing objectives, not least because of the intractable economic and social disparities between and within regions. Analysis of the 'territorial or spatial state' of the European Union (EU) is quickly becoming more complete and reliable, with more data on spatial ...