TY - BOOK ID - 48303879 TI - Shaping Regional Futures : Designing and Visioning in Governance Rescaling AU - Lingua, Valeria. AU - Balz, Verena. PY - 2020 SN - 3030235734 3030235726 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Regional planning KW - Human geography KW - City planning KW - Regional development KW - State planning KW - Human settlements KW - Land use KW - Planning KW - Landscape protection KW - Government policy KW - Regional planning. KW - Urban planning. KW - Political science. KW - Human geography. KW - Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning. KW - Governance and Government. KW - Human Geography. KW - Anthropo-geography KW - Anthropogeography KW - Geographical distribution of humans KW - Social geography KW - Anthropology KW - Geography KW - Human ecology KW - Administration KW - Civil government KW - Commonwealth, The KW - Government KW - Political theory KW - Political thought KW - Politics KW - Science, Political KW - Social sciences KW - State, The KW - Cities and towns KW - Civic planning KW - Land use, Urban KW - Model cities KW - Redevelopment, Urban KW - Slum clearance KW - Town planning KW - Urban design KW - Urban development KW - Urban planning KW - Art, Municipal KW - Civic improvement KW - Urban policy KW - Urban renewal KW - Management UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:48303879 AB - This book discusses the role of regional design and visioning in the formation of regional territorial governance to offer a better understanding of (1) how a recognition of spatial dynamics and the visualization of spatial futures informs, and is informed by, planning frameworks and (2) how such design processes inform co-operation and collaboration on planning in metropolitan regions. It gathers theoretical reflections on these topics, and illustrates them by means of practical experiences in several European countries. Innovatively associating ideas with knowledge, it appeals to anyone with an interest in planning experiments in a post-regulative era. It aims at an increased understanding of how practices, engaged with the imagination of possible futures, support the creation of institutional capacity for strategic spatial planning at regional scales. When we hear terms such as city, city-region or region we rarely pay attention to the role of imagination in the formation, preservation and decline of these spatial imaginaries. Yet, imagination, as socio-cognitive function of our minds, enables us to generate images of a world that is no longer, or not yet, real; and of places that are not perceivable with our senses. This book presents a promising way forward for a deeper understanding of design as an imaginative and creative practice and its role in spatial planning and rescaling of governance. The book provides an excellent and diverse range of case studies from across Europe to show how the interrelationships between design, visioning, planning and governing are unfolded in practice. Professor Simin Davoudi, Director of Global Urban Research Unit (GURU), Newcastle University, UK. ER -