Sustainable development in regional planning: The search for new tools and renewed legitimacy

This paper focuses on sustainability appraisal as a key technique for pursuing the political goal of ‘sustainable development’ within English planning. We conclude that unlike many planning tools of the past which have sought to depoliticise decision making by using more ‘scientific’ techniques, the...

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Published in:Geoforum 2006-11, Vol.37 (6), p.921-931
Main Authors: Counsell, Dave, Haughton, Graham
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Decision making
England
Governance
Governmentality
Legitimacy
Planning
Planning methods
Regional development
Regional planning
Regionalism
Regions
Sustainability appraisal
Sustainable Development
United Kingdom
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Summary:This paper focuses on sustainability appraisal as a key technique for pursuing the political goal of ‘sustainable development’ within English planning. We conclude that unlike many planning tools of the past which have sought to depoliticise decision making by using more ‘scientific’ techniques, the early experience of sustainability appraisal has instead repoliticised them, by highlighting where tensions exist but without providing solutions.
ISSN:0016-7185
1872-9398
DOI:10.1016/j.geoforum.2006.02.001