The Vision: Integrative Planning

05-Jan-07

Successful spatial planning is integrated...

Integrated planning is:

  • Broadly based,
  • Cross-cutting,
  • Multi-disciplinary, and
  • Collaborative

 

Too often in the past, plans were made and planning decisions are taken on a restrictive land-use basis, without proper integration with other policy objectives . Planning needs to be developed on a more consistent, cross-cutting and collaborative approach.

  • Spatial planning should take account of a much wider set of issues currently excluded from statutory systems of land-use planning, for example, inequalities in health and education, energy policy, the rural economy and urban design;
  • Spatial planning should integrate and be an integral part of the full range of public, corporate and community strategies and initiatives;
  • Spatial planning should be carried out according to coherent, functional areas and at local, regional and national levels, rather than being constrained unnecessarily by artificial administrative areas; and
  • Spatial planning should be linked to delivery mechanisms through the expenditure programmes of all relevant government and corporate agencies.
  • Spatial Planning should bring together a wider range of professional skills and disciplines. 

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Author:
Rynd Smith
Publisher:
The Royal Town Planning Institute
Date:
05-Jan-07

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