Use and Misuse of Indicators in Spatial Planning: The Example of Land Take.

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Abstract

The use of indicators to assess the impacts of spatial planning policies has experienced a strong increase in the last decades, despite the difficulties to identify clear causality links in this discipline. The aim of this article is to critically reflect on the impacts of such a phenomenon on spatial planning policies and practices. In order to do so, it explores the issue of land take and how the European Community has set up a policy objective, based on an indicator, to try to tackle the phenomenon.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)70-85
JournalPlanning Practice and Research
Volume33
Issue number1
Early online date6 Oct 2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Keywords

  • Land take
  • indicators
  • land use
  • spatial planning

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