Agricultural
University of Athens
Department of Regional
& Economic Development

Spatial Planning and Spatial Planning

Course Content

1) SPATIAL PLANNING AND SPATIAL PLANNING - CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK: Role and content of spatial planning, definitions of the object of spatial planning and spatial planning, delimitations of the field of spatial planning and spatial planning.
2) SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT - CONCEPTS AND APPROACHES: Objects of spatial development (concentrations, networks, flows), territorial units (physical, functional, political), theoretical approaches (to describe, interpret and predict phenomena), the evolutionary course of spatial development .
3) SPATIAL PLANNING IN GREECE: Spatial planning - national policy, Spatial planning at the national level - General Framework for Spatial Planning for Sustainable Development (SPFS), Marine spatial planning.
4) SPATIAL PLANNING IN GREECE: Spatial planning at the national level – Special Frameworks, Special Framework for aquaculture, Tourism, Industry, for Renewable Energy Sources (RES), detention facilities.
5) REGIONAL AND LOWER-LEVEL SPATIAL PLANNING: Regional-level spatial planning, sub-regional spatial planning, Residential Control Zones (ZOE), general guidelines for Specially Regulated Urbanization Areas (SUR).
6) POLYCENTRICITY OF THE SETTLEMENT NETWORK: Introduction, the concept of polycentricity, theoretical approaches, polycentricity in spatial policy, types of polycentric areas at urban and regional level.
7) MODELING OF POLYCENTRIC AREAS: Graph theory and the analysis of complex networks in the modeling of spatial systems, centrality as a topological and geometric concept, measures of centrality, degree centrality, betweenness centrality, closeness centrality, straightness centrality and efficiency, eigenvector centrality.
8) TRANSPORT SYSTEMS AND SPATIAL PLANNING: Basic concepts, transport and space, absolute, relative and arbitrary barriers, place and situation, the spatial structure of transport, transport networks and geographical specialization, spatio-temporal convergence of transport, transport in the light of of network science, topology and geometry of networks, absolute and relative distance, networks and spatial continuity, accessibility and connectivity, access and accessibility, hubs and gateways of transport networks.
9) TRANSPORT NETWORKS AND SPATIAL PLANNING: Development of new links in transport networks, design and evaluation criteria in the development of new links based on the topology, geometry and operation of transport networks.
10) TRANSPORT NETWORKS AND SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT: Interaction of transport systems and land uses, public and private transport, functional hierarchy of transport networks, transport systems in the urban fabric, regional and national transport systems, transport issues and coping strategies, alternative transport networks .
11) ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: The Concept of Sustainable Development, Historical Review, Time and Time Boundaries, The Three Components of Sustainable Development, Issues, Ecological Footprint, Urban Metabolism, Human Development Index, Climate Change , the effects of climate change.
12) SPATIAL GOVERNANCE AND STRATEGIC SPATIAL PLANNING: Necessity and forms of spatial governance, the issue of multi-level spatial governance, administrative divisions, the Kapodistrias and Kallikrates programs in Greece, principles of governance, the content of strategic spatial planning, metropolitan governance, case studies.
13) SPATIAL CLASSIFICATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: Basic concepts, territorial cohesion, cohesion policies, structural funds, historical review, the reports Europe 2000 (1990) and Europe 2000+ (1994), the Community Spatial Development Plan (SSP) (1999) , polycentric spatial development and the new urban-rural relationship, the Territorial Agenda (2007), the Green Paper on Territorial Cohesion (2008) and the Territorial Agenda 2020 (2011), spatial planning and territorial cohesion as transnational cooperation, Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning.

Learning results

After completing the course, it is expected that students will be able to:

To understand the fundamental concepts of spatial planning, spatial planning, regional development and spatial analysis.

To know the basic trends and forces that develop in space, to understand the causes that cause differential spatial dynamics and relationships, to understand how space affects the development potential of spatial units and regions and to know spatial planning rules and policies which contribute to balanced development.

To delve into planning issues at urban, national and regional level and to acquire theoretical and applied knowledge in matters of organization and planning of space at urban, national and regional level.

To understand the dynamics of spatial phenomena, the socio-economic parameters, the operating framework and planning practices in Greece and internationally.

To understand the concept of spatial planning in the context of spatial change management and spatial governance and to understand the necessity of strategic spatial planning as a renewed public action and as a social process of political coordination.

To get to know applied cases of strategic spatial planning from Greece and Europe, to understand the concept of territorial cohesion and to get to know examples of spatial public policies that approach territorial cohesion at the European, national, regional and local level.

After completing the course:

Students will be able to understand, have opinions and analyze real issues related to spatial planning and spatial planning at all levels of spatial organization.

They will have developed their critical ability to know, analyze and interpret various spatial planning policies and spatial planning strategies and distinguish the most appropriate ones that contribute to balanced spatial development.

They will have the ability to apply methods of evaluating spatial policies and spatial planning strategies to real spatial policy problems and issues.

Bibliography

Η βασική βιβλιογραφία που θα χρησιμοποιηθεί είναι
Ελληνόγλωσση Βιβλιογραφία
1. Καυκαλάς Γ. (2004), Ζητήματα Χωρικής Ανάπτυξης, Θεωρητικές προσεγγίσεις και πολιτικές, Εκδόσεις Κριτική, Αθήνα.
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5. Καμχής Μ. (2007), Η Ενοποίηση του Ευρωπαϊκού Χώρου 1986-2006: Ένα σχεδιαστικό εγχείρημα μεγάλης κλίμακας, Εκδόσεις Κριτική, Αθήνα.
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Ξενόγλωσση Βιβλιογραφία
1. Rodrigue, J. P., Comtois, C., Slack, B., (2013) The Geography of Transport Systems, New York, Routledge Publications.
2. Salet, W., Thornley, A., & Kreukels, A. (2003). Metropolitan governance and spatial planning. London: Spon.
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4. Faludi, A. (2010). Cohesion, coherence, cooperation: European spatial planning coming of age?. Routledge.
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Ενδεικτική Αρθρογραφία
1. Μπεριάτος, Η., (2013) “Χωροταξικός σχεδιασμός και εδαφικές - διοικητικές δομές: Ζητήματα χωρικής διακυβέρνησης σε τοπική κλίμακα”, πρακτικά του 11ου Τακτικού επιστημονικού συνεδρίου “Αγροτική οικονομία, ύπαιθρος χώρος, περιφερειακή και τοπική ανάπτυξη” (ERSA-GR), Πάτρα, 14 έως 15 Ιουνίου 2013.
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4. Albrechts, L., Healey, P., & Kunzmann, K. R. (2003). Strategic spatial planning and regional governance in Europe. Journal of the American Planning Association, 69(2), 113-129.
5. Foley, M. M., Halpern, B. S., Micheli, F., Armsby, M. H., Caldwell, M. R., Crain, C. M., ... & Carr, M. H. (2010). Guiding ecological principles for marine spatial planning. Marine Policy, 34(5), 955-966.
6. Allmendinger, P., & Haughton, G. (2010). Spatial planning, devolution, and new planning spaces. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 28(5), 803-818.
7. Kunzmann, K. (2004). Culture, creativity and spatial planning. Town planning review, 75(4), 383-404.
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10. Friedmann, J. (2004). Strategic spatial planning and the longer range. Planning Theory & Practice, 5(1), 49-67.

Άλλη σχετική ενδεικτική βιβλιογραφία
1. Πολύζος, Σ., (2011) Περιφερειακή Ανάπτυξη, Αθήνα, Εκδόσεις Κριτική.
2. Πολύζος, Σ., (2015) Αστική Ανάπτυξη, Αθήνα, Εκδόσεις Κριτική.
3. Πετράκος Γ – Ψυχάρης Ι, (2016), Περιφερειακή ανάπτυξη στην Ελλάδα, Εκδόσεις Κριτική.
4. Martin, K. S., & Hall-Arber, M. (2008). The missing layer: Geo-technologies, communities, and implications for marine spatial planning. Marine Policy, 32(5), 779-786.
5. Reimer, M., Getimis, P., & Blotevogel, H. (2014). The evolution of spatial planning in Greece after the 1990s: Drivers, directions and agents of change. In Spatial planning systems and practices in Europe (pp. 169-188). Routledge.
6. Beriatos, E. (2004). Environmental policy and spatial planning in Greece. Institutional aspects. Water, Air and Soil Pollution: Focus, 4(4-5), 433-444.
7. Papageorgiou, M. (2017). Spatial planning in transition in Greece: a critical overview. European Planning Studies, 25(10), 1818-1833.
8. Reimer, M., Getimis, P., & Blotevogel, H. (2014). Spatial planning systems and practices in Europe: A comparative perspective. In Spatial planning systems and practices in Europe (pp. 21-40). Routledge.
9. Polyzos, S., & Sofios, S. (2008). Regional multipliers, Inequalities and Planning in Greece. South Eastern Europe Journal of Economics, 6(1), 75-100.

Συναφή επιστημονικά περιοδικά
Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space (SAGE)
Environment and Planning B: Planning and design (SAGE)
Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy (SAGE)
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space (SAGE)
Landscape and Urban Planning (Elsevier)
European Journal of Spatial Development (Nordregio)
Urban, Planning, and Transport Research (Taylor and Francis)

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Andreas Gkouzos

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