Territorial cohesion discourses: Hegemonic strategic concepts in European spatial planning

Planning Theory and Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 397-416

  Servillo, Loris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

European spatial planning; Hegemonic discourses; Selective calculation; Strategic selectivity; Territorial cohesion

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEGEMONY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLICY MAKING; SPATIAL PLANNING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TERRITORIAL PLANNING;

EUROPE;

EID: 77958588652     PISSN: 14649357     EISSN: 1470000X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649357.2010.500135     Document Type: Article

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