The development of strategic spatial planning in Central and Eastern Europe

between path dependence, European influence, and domestic politics

Journal article (2018)

Authors

M.M. Dabrowski Spatial Planning and Strategy - Architecture and the Built Environment
Marcin Dabrowski Spatial Planning and Strategy - Architecture and the Built Environment
Marcin Dąbrowski Spatial Planning and Strategy - Architecture and the Built Environment
M.M. Dąbrowski Spatial Planning and Strategy - Architecture and the Built Environment
K.I. Piskorek Wrocław University of Technology, Spatial Planning and Strategy - Architecture and the Built Environment
Research Group
Spatial Planning and Strategy (Architecture and the Built Environment) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2018 M.M. Dabrowski, K.I. Piskorek
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02665433.2018.1513373
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Published Date

2018

Language

English

Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Department

Urbanism

Research Group

Spatial Planning and Strategy

Abstract

Focusing on three of the Central and Eastern European countries–Poland, Czech Republic, and Hungary–the paper investigates the evolution of spatial planning systems and the introduction of strategic planning practices from the beginning of the post-communist transition in the early 1990s to the present. It sheds new light on this issue by applying the conceptual lens of historical institutionalism to explain this process and elucidate the role of the accession to the European Union (EU) as a catalyst for change. In particular, the paper identifies and analyses the critical junctures at which path dependencies emerged and later constrained the capacity of the regional and local actors to adjust to the EU Cohesion Policy framework and engage in strategic planning as part of it.