The Call for Abstracts for Special Session 26: Transforming Industrial Regions at the World Planning Schools Conference 2026 in Helsinki, Espoo, and Tampere is now open.

The session focuses on the structural transformation of former mining and coal phase-out regions, addressing questions of justice, conflict, and collective agency. It explores governance approaches, spatial imaginaries, conflict resolution, and participatory planning processes.

Submission deadline: 25 November 2025
Submit via: World Planning Schools Congress 2026

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Das Modellvorhaben „Regionalparks – Strategien zur Freiraum- und Landschaftsentwicklung in Verdichtungsräumen“ hat zum Ziel, das informelle Instrument des Regionalparks zur Sicherung, Steuerung und Gestaltung von Landschaften und Freiräumen in suburbanen Verdichtungsräumen weiterzuentwickeln.

Wir möchten Sie herzlich am 30. September (12.00 Uhr bis 17.00 Uhr) in das Besucherzentrum des Regionalparks RheinMain in Flörsheim/Main einladen, bei dem wir gemeinsam mit den KORG-Netzwerk die im Laufe des MORO Regionalparks gewonnenen Erkenntnisse diskutieren und in interaktiven Runden die künftigen Aufgaben und Chancen des Instruments Regionalpark vertiefen möchten.

Routledge Taylor & Francis Group

European Union policies are intertwined with all sectors of public administration and governance in the member states, including spatial, urban and regional planning. Legal regulations like the Natura 2000 Directives, funding programmes associated with EU Cohesion Policy or strategies such as the Territorial Agenda 2030 all leave their mark on planning – yet with considerably different effects in Europe’s cities and regions.

This book by Eva Purkarthofer serves as a guide to navigate the connection points between EU policies and spatial planning by introducing the logics of EU policymaking and European spatial planning, outlining the most important EU policies with relevance for spatial planning and presenting examples, from Austria and Finland, of how EU policies are applied in domestic contexts. By exploring the Europeanisation of spatial planning ‘from within’, the book acknowledges how differential ideas about what spatial planning is and what role the EU plays therein shape the actualised impacts of EU policies.