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Designing for a Region

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Designing for a Region

Auteur:Nancy Meijsmans

Uitgever:SUN

ISBN: 978-90-8506-944-7

  • Paperback
  • Engels
  • 232 pagina's
  • 1 mrt. 2010

‘Designing for a Region’ is an outlook for new approaches in regional planning.

In this book the role of design as a key instrument of new forms of regional plan making is incorporated within a broader exploration of the context and challenges concerning regional development and coproduction. In this respect, the book deals with aspects bearing both on space and governance.

‘Designing for a Region’ is an outlook for new approaches in regional planning.

The regional scale becomes increasingly important in tackling spatial questions such as larger scale decisions regarding the accommodation of dwelling needs or water storage projects. However, regional plan and policy making are subject to difficult and time-consuming processes. This is partly due to the novelty of the task, but is also related to a large number of institutional and other actors - and consequently to the important amount of negotiations that have to be organized.

In this book the role of design as a key instrument of new forms of regional plan making is incorporated within a broader exploration of the context and challenges concerning regional development and coproduction. In this respect, the book deals with aspects bearing both on space and governance.

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