Object structure
Title:

Changing institutional framework for spatial planning in the western Balkan region. Evidences from Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina and Croatia

Subtitle:

Europa XXI 30 (2016)

Creator:

Cotella, Giancarlo ; Berisha, Erblin

Publisher:

IGiPZ PAN

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2016

Description:

Każdy numer posiada własny tytuł.

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

spatial planning systems ; comparative planning studies ; Western Balcan Region ; transition ; European integration ; path-dependency

Abstract:

The contribution aims at providing a preliminary insight on the evolution of the institutional framework for spatial planning in the Western Balkan Region since 1989. It does so by proposing a conceptualization of spatial planning domestic contexts as dynamic objects subject to continuous change, and by identifying the main driving forces that contribute to shaping their patterns of change in the geographical area at stake: (i) domestic transition from a centrally planned economic model to a decentralized model based on free market rules, (ii) process of European integration and the Europeanization mechanisms triggered by the latter. On this basis, the authors explore the territorial administration reforms and evolution of spatial planning legislation specific for Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina and Croatia in the last 25 years in more detail manner, highlighting and discussing both similarities and differences.

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Relation:

Europa XXI

Volume:

30

Start page:

41

End page:

57

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

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Resource Identifier:

1429-7132 ; 10.7163/Eu21.2016.30.3

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CBGiOŚ. IGiPZ PAN, call nos.: Cz.6406, Cz.6407 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

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Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization of the Polish Academy of Sciences

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Central Library of Geography and Environmental Protection. Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization PAS

Projects co-financed by:

European Union. European Regional Development Fund ; Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure

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