Spatial planning — its political role in a changed world Exemplified by Switzerland, a special case? Authors Martin Lendi Rechtsanwalt, em. o. Prof. für Rechtswissenschaft, ETH Zürich, Küsnacht/Zürich DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03183183 Keywords: political role of spatial planning, spatial circumstances and processes in Switzerland, spatial planning in a federal state, democratic legitimation, amendment of the Swiss Regional Planning Act, regulatory policy Abstract As a public responsibility, spatial planning is in competition with other public functions. If, in what way and with which level of persuasive power it can actively act, depends, among other things, on the degree of attention it gets from public, parliament, government, and administration, and in a federal republic, from states, regions and communities. In addition to the attention it manages to attract, other factors also play a major role in its effectiveness, mainly democratic legitimation, but also its usefulness to other public functions. Its political status is an outcome of all relevant factors. If the status is low, spatial planning will have difficult times, if it is high, it can count on favourable conditions. Because the term has not been scientifically defined, a phenomenon has emerged that is illustrated by the history of Swiss spatial planning: its political standing must be constantly and diligently reattained. Downloads Download data is not yet available. References Blöchliger, H.; Avenir Suisse (2005): Baustelle Föderalismus. Zürich. Bundesamt für Statistik (Hrsg.) (2007a): Atlas des räumlichen Wandels der Schweiz. Zürich. Bundesamt für Statistik (Hrsg.) (2007b): Demographisches Portrait der Schweiz. Ausgabe 2007. Neuchâtel. ETH Studio Basel; Institut Stadt der Gegenwart; Diener, R.; Herzog, J.; Meili, M; de Meuron, P.; Schmid, C. (2006): Die Schweiz. Ein städtebauliches Portrait. 3 Bände. Basel. Flückiger, H. (1970): Gesamtwirtschaftliches Entwicklungskonzept für das Berggebiet. Bern. Häfelin, U.; Haller, W. (2005): Schweizerisches Bundesstaatsrecht. 6. Auflage. Zürich. Lendi, M. (2006): Zur Geschichte der schweizerischen Raumplanung. In: Disp, Nr. 167, H. 4, S. 66–83. Lendi, M. (1997): Recht und Politik der Raumplanung. 2. Auflage. Zürich. Lendi, M. (2007): Die Politik bewegt die Raumplanung. In: Disp, Nr. 170, H. 3, S. 71–79. Lienhard, A. (2005): Staats- und verwaltungsrechtliche Grundlagen für das New Public Management. Bern. Linder, W. (2005): Schweizerische Demokratie. 2. Auflage. Bern. Odermatt, A.; Wachter, D. (2004): Die Schweiz — eine moderne Geographie. 4. Auflage. Zürich. OECD (2002): Prüfbericht Raumentwicklung Schweiz. Paris. ORL-Institut (Hrsg.) (1971): Landesplanerische Leitbilder. Bände I–III und Plankassette. Zürich.=ORL-Schriftenreihe Nr. 10. Schweizerischer Bundesrat (2007): Auswirkungen verschiedener europäischer Instrumente auf den Föderalismus in der Schweiz. In: Bundesblatt, S. 5907–5978. Downloads PDF (German) Published 2008-09-30 Issue Vol. 66 No. 5 (2008) Section Research Article License Copyright (c) 2008 RuR Editors This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Articles in Raumforschung und Raumordnung – Spatial Research and Planning are published under a Creative Commons license. From Vol. 79 No. 2 (2021), the license applied is CC BY 4.0. From Vol. 77 No. 1 to Vol. 79 No.1, articles were published under a CC BY-SA license. Earlier volumes have been re-published by oekom 2022 under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License CC BY 4.0. How to Cite 1.Lendi M. Spatial planning — its political role in a changed world: Exemplified by Switzerland, a special case?. RuR [Internet]. 2008 Sep. 30 [cited 2024 May 2];66(5):383–397. Available from: https://rur.oekom.de/index.php/rur/article/view/1228 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX
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