By bringing together an examination of both space and the process through which the space is created and managed, this volume offers a unique multi-dimensional understanding of spatial planning and suggests new ways of negotiating how society should shape and influence the transformation of places.

This work argues that new ways of "doing governance" need to be linked to new ways of thinking about space, place and territory. It discusses ways of understanding space and explores, in an international context, some of the ways of engaging in governance processes by spatial planning systems.

'This book covers a wide range of subjects...Today's cities are becoming placesless - the return of place is a great thing and the book is welcomed in this respect.' Built Environment 'What the book does extremely well is convey the enormous complexity that the spatial planning field faces...the book is very rich in terms of the different angles that it addresses and the wealth of recommendations for spatial planning that it offers.' Housing Studies