Artikel

Conceptualising quality in spatial planning

Quality discourses help to legitimate professions. This article therefore addresses the crucial question of how quality can be framed in spatial planning. Based on the context of spatial planning in Austria, this article introduces a normative framework for quality in spatial planning that considers the four dimensions of content, planning methodology, planning process and legal compliance, and shows how these four dimensions are interlinked. Furthermore, it discusses how quality can be enhanced by concerted governmental action and further education for planners. It is argued that planners might need to adopt a new role as "teachers" in planning processes to facilitate societal learning processes in order to raise the quality of planning. Finally, it is concluded that the quality debate in spatial planning can be useful to calibrate expectations of planners and society to directly influence sustainable spatial development through spatial planning, to communicate achievements in planning, to raise awareness for sustainable spatial development, and to improve legal frameworks, planning methodology, and planners' training and further education.

Alternative title
Planungsqualität in der Raumplanung
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Journal: Raumforschung und Raumordnung / Spatial Research and Planning ; ISSN: 1869-4179 ; Volume: 77 ; Year: 2019 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 1-15 ; Warsaw: Sciendo

Classification
Landschaftsgestaltung, Raumplanung
Subject
Planning quality
planning content
planning methodology
planning process
legal compliance
spatial planning
role of planners
Planungsqualität
Planungsinhalt
Planungsmethodik
Planungsprozess
Rechtssicherheit
Raumplanung
Rolle von Planerinnen und Planern

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Stöglehner, Gernot
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Sciendo
(where)
Warsaw
(when)
2019

DOI
doi:10.2478/rara-2019-0002
Handle
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  • Artikel

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  • Stöglehner, Gernot
  • Sciendo

Time of origin

  • 2019

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