Shaping Holland: Regional Design and Planning in the Southern Randstad

Regional design uses visualisation to unite regional players around appealing spatial development visions to meet climate change, renewable energy, food system, urbanisation, and biodiversity challenges. Shaping Holland provides an insight into the emergence of contemporary regional planning and design practice in the Netherlands, offering pointers for practitioners, academics, and students of spatial planning, urban design, and landscape architecture.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 30 March 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The world is facing significant challenges that require urgent solutions. Climate change, the transition to renewable energy, reinventing the food system, ongoing urbanization, and preserving biodiversity are just a few of the pressing issues that regions around the globe are grappling with. These challenges will profoundly impact our living and working environments.

Regional design is a powerful tool that brings together regional players to create appealing spatial development visions that address these challenges. It offers a pathway to new forms of regional governance and planning that align with the urgent needs of our time. This book explores the benefits and pitfalls of regional plans and designs, providing valuable insights for practitioners, academics, and students in the fields of spatial planning, urban design, and landscape architecture.

Shaping Holland offers a unique perspective on the emergence of contemporary regional planning and design practice in the Netherlands. This densely populated country, situated in the delta of the Rhine and Meuse rivers, is internationally renowned for its urban planning and design heritage. Drawing on firsthand accounts and a wealth of illustrations, maps, and diagrams, the book provides valuable pointers for practitioners, academics, and students in the spatial planning, urban design, and landscape architecture fields.

Regional design is gaining popularity across all continents as it recognizes the need to transcend administrative boundaries in addressing economic activities, activity patterns, urban growth, and ecological systems. In the midst of the growing number of academic analyses of regional design, this book stands out for its focus on planning practice and firsthand knowledge. It appeals to a broad international readership, interested in learning about the latest developments and best practices in regional planning and design.

In conclusion, the world is facing unprecedented challenges that demand innovative solutions. Regional design is a powerful tool that can help regions unite and create sustainable, resilient, and inclusive future. By exploring the benefits and pitfalls of regional plans and designs, this book provides valuable insights for practitioners, academics, and students in the spatial planning, urban design, and landscape architecture fields.

Weight: 976g
Dimension: 210 x 278 x 34 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032022611