Assessment of strategic spatial plan making and plan implementation processes

The overall objective of this project is to develop an analytical framework grounded in an analysis of strategic spatial planning processes, i.e. plan making and plan implementation. Cities worldwide are increasingly engaging in strategic spatial planning processes to address economic, social and environmental issues. While we do recognize the context specificity of the formulation and implementation of strategic spatial plans, we argue that an overarching conceptualization of their main components and interrelationships is nevertheless possible. Therefore, in this project we synthesize research on 21 European a framework for strategic spatial plan making and plan implementation – the SPlaMI framework. The project is part of project CONCUR - From Plans to Land Change.