uEuropean Spatial Planning and Urban Rural Relationships:
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uThe UK Perspective
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v         ADRIAN HEALY

European spatial planning
vThe ESDP
·Development of a polycentric and balanced urban system and strengthening of the partnership
between urban and rural areas.
·Promotion of integrated transport and communications concepts.
·Development and conservation of the natural and the cultural heritage through wise management.
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Town vs Country
vUrban issues and rural issues have long been separated
–Town and Country Planning
–Rural and Urban White Papers
vInter-dependence increasing not lessening with globalisation
vAre we in danger of forgetting the ‘bits in between’?

Patterns of local linkage
v The East Midlands: Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire
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Emerging approaches
vEvidence of increasing interest in how urban and rural areas relate
–ESDP - urban-rural partnerships and the new urban-rural relationship
–LGA - Urban Rural Compacts
–Individual authorities
–RDA strategies

Weaknesses
vOrganisational structures
vLack of co-operative tradition
vSeparation of issues
vComplexity of issues
vLimited vision and ill-defined objectives
vFinancial and policy constraints

Strengths
vRecognition of the issue
vWillingness to co-operate and find new ways of working vA new ‘spatiality’ - valuable territorial
focus

Rediscovering the spatial perspective
vSpatial Strategies
–RPG
–Wales
–Northern Ireland
vSpatial Visions
–sub-regional
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The spatial perspective
v  The Glasgow and Clyde Valley Joint Structure Plan
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