Penumbral borders and planning paradoxes: Relational thinking and the question of borders in spatial planning

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 75-93

  Paasi, Anssi ^a   Zimmerbauer, Kaj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

penumbral borders; relational thinking; Strategic planning practice

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; REGIONAL PLANNING; SPATIAL PLANNING; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EUROPE;

EID: 84953384186     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308518X15594805     Document Type: Article

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