Across the globe, the need to adapt is urgent. Coastal communities are particularly
vulnerable to climate stressors such as rising sea levels and erosion, while more extreme …

Faced with challenges such as rapid transformation of existing settlements, reorganisation of
mobility patterns, and climate change mitigation management, the governance of spatial …

This article furthers the unconsolidated theoretical discourse on planning cultures, focusing
on the region as a highly dynamic planning scale. The article discusses regional planning …

Many communities are unprepared for climate change, yet action stagnate. Adaptation
requires governance actors to perceive climate change as a risk and action within their …

This paper criticizes traditional models of urban–regional expansion, which depart from
monocentric ideals of urban core and ring. The original spatial-cycle model (SCM) suggests …

Planning is facing powerful challenges–professionally, intellectually, practically–in ways
arguably not seen before. In this editorial we examine whether we have witnessed the …

This paper analyzes post-socialist industrial development and policy in the Western Balkans
through the lens of its regional specialization and spatial concentration. Against a …

A significant amount of people live in small and medium-sized cities. In the context of smart
cities and their further development, these are still often neglected in scientific …

The paper makes a contribution to European comparative research on spatial planning by
providing an instrument-oriented methodological framework for forms of planning. Based on …