Dane Pejnović

Aleksandar Lukić

 

DOI: 10.35666/28310438.2014.3.98

UDC: 911.3[371.3:711.061-057](497.5) 

Abstract: The long tradition and good practice of the regional and spatial planning have been subject to fundamental change during the transition period. A dominant feature of the new spatial planning paradigm is boosting of the particularistic and sectoral approach in planning, at the expense of the previously present inherent interdisciplinarity and collaboravite relationships between different professions. Accordingly, the new paradigm is also reflected in the weakening of the role of geography in regional and spatial planning. Such changes have resulted in a series of negative effects which are manifested in many spatial conflicts. Critical analysis suggests that the fundamental cause, underlying recognized trends in the loss of interdisciplinarity, is the inadequate legal framework. Therefore, this paper argues the importance of role of geography in the system of regional and spatial planning, especially its contribution to the education of planners. It further discusses its importance in the legislative basis of spatial planning in Croatia, the arguments for a greater role of the profession in spatial planning, and planners education in the European Union.

Keywords: spatial planning, regional planning, geography, education, Croatia

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