With so much focus on local planning in recent years, what opportunities are there for planning at the state and nation-state level? A new study by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy examines case studies from the United States and Europe.
"Planning at the state and national level leads to more efficient investments in infrastructure, better resilience in the face of climate change, and greater equity in economic development, but most land use planning continues to be done at the local level, according to new research published by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy."
The Planning for States and Nation-States study, announced on the Lincoln Institute's website, "examines the role of the U.S. federal government and the European Union, and compares land use and spatial planning structures in five U.S. states (Oregon, California, Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey) and five western European nations (The Netherlands, Denmark, France, U.K., and Ireland)."
Among the findings produced by the study's examination of those case studies, is that the United States' aversion to national planning is hampering its efforts to respond to "challenges like climate change, growing economic disparity, and inadequate infrastructure…"
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