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: Hardback
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 are grappling with. These challenges will profoundly impact our living and working environments. Regional design harnesses the power of visualization to bring together regional stakeholders around appealing spatial development visions that can 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 delves into the benefits and drawbacks of regional plans and designs, providing valuable insights into the emerging field of contemporary regional planning and design practice. Shaping Holland offers a unique perspective on the development of regional planning and design in the Netherlands, a country renowned for its urban planning and design heritage. Through firsthand accounts and a wealth of illustrations, maps, and diagrams, the book provides valuable guidance for practitioners, academics, and students in the fields of spatial planning, urban design, and landscape architecture.

Regional design is gaining popularity across all continents as it responds to a world where economic activities, activity patterns, urban growth, and ecological systems transcend administrative boundaries. In the midst of the growing body 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 understanding the practical applications and challenges of regional design.

Dimension: 280 x 210 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032022628