The Visual Language of Spatial Planning : Exploring Cartographic Representations for Spatial Planning in Europe

ISBN-13: 9780415395823 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 196 str.

Stefanie Duhr

Opis

Strategic special planning is undergoing a renaissance in Europe. Stakeholders at all levels-transnational, national and regional - are faced with the challenge of communicating policy principles for sustainable and integrated development to a wide audience of professionals as well as to the public. In communicating the key messages of special strategies, maps can play an important role; in fact the role of maps in helping to explain or illustrate the purpose of policy is a very powerful communication tool.
Stefanie Duhr's book is a unique contribution to the rapidly growing area of teaching and research on European special planning. She discusses the relevant theoretical perspectives on policy-making and process. In doing this, she provides both conceptual and practical tools to help students and practitioners better understand maps and visualizations in strategic special planning.
The book reviews the form, style and use of cartographic representations in strategic special plans in the Netherlands, Germany and England as well as at European level, highlighting significant differences between planning traditions and the impact of these on transnational planning processes. It concludes by discussing the practical implications for future strategic special planning processes in Europe and the best use of cartographic representations to reach agreement and to focus dialogue.

Spis treści

1. European Spatial Development and Cartographic Representations  2. Theoretical Perspectives on Policy-Making and Planning, Cartographic Communication and the Use of Cartographic Representations in the Planning Process  3. Conceptualising the Context, Form and Use of Cartographic Representations in Formal and Informal Planning Processes  4. The Style and Content of Cartographic Representations in Strategic Spatial Planning in the Netherlands, Germany and England  5. The Use of Cartographic Representations in the Development of the European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP)  6. The Visual Language for Spatial Planning in Europe

O autorze

Stefanie Dühr is Assistant Professor at the Radboud University, Department of Spatial Planning in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Between 1998 and 2005, Stefanie worked at the University of the West of England, Bristol, on research projects on European territorial cooperation and planning systems in Europe, and completed her PhD research on the use of cartographic representations in planning. Prior to this, she worked on a placement in the European Commission, DG Regio, where she was involved in the work on the European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP).