Planning for Growth - What can we Learn from Europe?

This conference was organised by the RTPI and UK ESPON Contact Point as part of the ESPON-INTERSTRAT project

London, 30 September 2011

This one-day conference brought together leading UK practitioners, policy makers and researchers to discuss what can be learnt from Europe about planning for growth.

Richard Summers, RTPI President 2011 and the Conference Chair, concluded that the event "achieved its aims of sharing research and experience across Europe to enrich spatial planning policies at the national, regional and local levels." He finished by explaining that "ESPON research provides a vital source of objective evidence to inform open, rational and balanced debate about different policy options in different situations to enable sustainable development across Europe."

Conference programme (pdf, 68KB)

Conference report (pdf, 100KB)

Conference presentations (report to follow shortly)

Michelle Banks - Reforming the Planning System in England (pdf, 400KB)

Peter Mehlbye - ESPON Achievements and Prospects (pdf, 1MB)

Cliff Hague - Key messages from ESPON for the UK (pdf, 900KB)

Paul Cheshire - Planning for Growth - what can we learn from Europe? (pdf, 1.1MB)

Hilary Chipping - A View from a Local Enterprise Partnership (pdf, 2.3MB)

Faraz Baber - London - the Plan for Growth (pdf, 1.3MB)

Selyf Morgan - Workshop 1: Innovation and the Knowledge Economy (pdf, 575KB)

Ian Smith - Workshop 2: The Attractiveness of Regions and Cities (pdf, 900KB)

David Ludlow - Workshop 3: Services and Regional Development (pdf, 2.5MB)

Alan Harding - Workshop 4:  The Case for Sustainable Urban Development in Europe (pdf, 1.6MB)

Michael Parkinson - Secondary Cities in Europe - Performance, Policies and Prospects (pdf, 2.5MB)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Background reading

Europe 2020 Strategy

Territorial Agenda 2020

Related ESPON projects

ATTREG (Attractiveness of European cities and regions for residents and visitors)

CAEE (The case for agglomeration economies in Europe)

KIT (Knowledge, innovation, territory)

SeGI (Services of general interest)

Useful links

ESPON

UK ESPON Contact Point

ESPON-INTERSTRAT

EU Flag Photo: Hisks; Conference Photos: Tino Hernandez

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