A major new introduction to the UK planning system. It outlines the evolution and use of the new spatial planning approach which is increasingly adopted at all levels of the UK planning system from European through to the national, regional, sub-regional and local level.

MARK TEWDWR-JONES is Professor of Town Planning at Newcastle University, UK.

Introduction: The Search for Spatial Planning
Spatial Challenges in the 21st Century
Spatialization: Coming to Terms with Spatial Planning
Europeanization, Spatial Planning and Competitiveness
National Spatial Planning and Political Discretion
Regionalism and Regional Strategies
Sub-regionalism and City Regions
Localism, Local Planning and Reform
Spatial Planning, Governance and the State
Fluid Spatial Planning as Strategic Intelligence.