Territory and function : the evolution of regional planning

Klappentext: Regional planning has come of age. In country after country it has become part of the established machinery of government, a necessary function of increased centralization. Yet precisely at the very moment when the need for regional planning is accepted almost universally, established doctrine is being shaken at its roots. Among the new ideas that are beginning to replace the former simplicities are the growing awareness of the decisive role of natural resources in sustaining civilized life; a new ecological ethics; a greater concern with questions of equity; and a reassissment of the principle of self-reliance at all territorial levels.