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Strategic Planning

Created 07 Mar 2024 | 14 articles

This Virtual Special Issue provides short-term open access to many papers on strategic planning previously published in Planning Theory and Practice. Strategic planning is a topic which is well represented over 25 years of this journal’s history. Various perspectives can be found in the below, spanning theory and practice.

In late 2023, the Royal Town Planning Institute commissioned research on the demand and appetite for strategic planning in England, and early findings are being presented for the first time at The Planner Live North in Manchester, 19 March 2024. This Virtual Special Issue coincides with The Planner Live North and with the current research on the topic.

We have ensured inclusion of articles spanning the history of this journal, and have ordered them chronologically. In this sequence, readers may perceive a recent history of the pressures faced by advocates and practitioners of strategic planning.

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David Mountain(Royal Town Planning Institute)

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Shaping our Future? The Regional Strategic Framework for Northern Ireland
William J.V. Neill & Michael Gordon

Originally published in Planning Theory & Practice, Volume: 2, Number: 1 (01 Jan 2001)

Published online: 01 Dec 2010
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Some Reflections on Strategic Planning Processes in Three Urban Regions
Mark Baker

Originally published in Planning Theory & Practice, Volume: 2, Number: 2 (01 Jan 2001)

Published online: 12 Dec 2010
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The Need for Effective Strategic Planning: The Experience of Glasgow and The Clyde Valley
Vincent Goodstadt

Originally published in Planning Theory & Practice, Volume: 2, Number: 2 (01 Jan 2001)

Published online: 12 Dec 2010
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Addressing Connectivity in Spatial Planning: The Case of the English Regions
David Shaw & Olivier Sykes

Originally published in Planning Theory & Practice, Volume: 6, Number: 1 (01 Mar 2005)

Published online: 15 Aug 2006
AbstractforAddressing Connectivity in Spatial Planning: The Case of the English Regions | Full Text | References | PDF (456 KB)
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Strategic-Local Tensions and the Spatial Planning Approach in England
Nick Gallent

Originally published in Planning Theory & Practice, Volume: 9, Number: 3 (01 Sep 2008)

Published online: 19 Dec 2008
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In Search of the “Strategic” in Spatial Strategy Making
Patsy Healey

Originally published in Planning Theory & Practice, Volume: 10, Number: 4 (01 Dec 2009)

Published online: 07 Jan 2010
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Achieving Legitimacy Through Deliberative Plan-Making Processes—Lessons for Metropolitan Strategic Planning
Crystal Legacy

Originally published in Planning Theory & Practice, Volume: 13, Number: 1 (01 Mar 2012)

Published online: 22 Mar 2012
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Metropolitan Strategic Planning after Modernism
Glen Searle

Originally published in Planning Theory & Practice, Volume: 21, Number: 2 (14 Mar 2020)

Published online: 25 Feb 2020
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The Strategic Incrementalism of Lahti Master Planning: Three Lessons
Raine Mäntysalo, Johanna Tuomisaari, Kaisa Granqvist & Vesa Kanninen

Originally published in Planning Theory & Practice, Volume: 20, Number: 4 (08 Aug 2019)

Published online: 23 Aug 2019
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People and Planning at Fifty/‘People and Planning’ 50 Years On: The Never-Ending Struggle for Planning to Engage with People/Skeffington: A View From The Coalface/From Participation to Inclusion/Marking the 50th Anniversary of Skeffington: Reflections from a Day of Discussion/What to Commemorate? ‘Other’ International Milestones of Democratising City-Making/An American’s Reflections on Skeffington’s Relevance at 50
Andy Inch, Francesca Sartorio, Jeff Bishop, Yasminah Beebeejaun, Katie McClymont, Alexandre Apsan Frediani, Camila Cociña & Kathryn S. Quick

Originally published in Planning Theory & Practice, Volume: 20, Number: 5 (20 Oct 2019)

Published online: 15 Nov 2019
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The Future of the Planning Profession
Gavin Parker, Matthew Wargent, Orly Linovski, Abigail Schoneboom, Susannah Gunn, Daniel Slade, Nezhapi-Dellé Odeleye, Christopher Maidment, Edward Shepherd, Joe Doak, Trudi Elliot, Victor Nicholls, Emma Street, Mark Dobson, Sarah Platts & Tuna Tasan-Kok

Originally published in Planning Theory & Practice, Volume: 21, Number: 3 (26 May 2020)

Published online: 07 Jul 2020
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Multiple Dimensions of Strategic Spatial Planning: Local Authorities Navigating between Rationalities in Competitive and Collaborative Settings
K. Granqvist, H. Mattila, R. Mäntysalo, A. Hirvensalo, S. Teerikangas & H. Kalliomäki

Originally published in Planning Theory & Practice, Volume: 22, Number: 2 (15 Mar 2021)

Published online: 30 Mar 2021
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Charting New Ground: Between Tactical Urbanism and Strategic Spatial Planning
Suzanne Vallance & Sarah Edwards

Originally published in Planning Theory & Practice, Volume: 22, Number: 5 (20 Oct 2021)

Published online: 17 Aug 2021
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Time, Temporality, and Planning – Comments on the State of Art in Strategic Spatial Planning Research
Gérard Hutter & Thorsten Wiechmann

Originally published in Planning Theory & Practice, Volume: 23, Number: 1 (01 Jan 2022)

Published online: 30 Nov 2021
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