In diesem Beitrag werden kommunikative und agonistische Planungstheorien aus der Perspektive einer systemischen Wende in der Theorie der deliberativen Demokratie kritisch aufgearbeitet. Während der Ansatz Komplementaritäten zwischen den Theorien aufzeigt, wird auch klar, dass jede Theorie...

The article describes tensions generated in land-use planning practices in Norway, Finland and Sweden, due to the shift towards New Public Management in actual governance practices, while the ideals of deliberative democracy in planning discourses and legislation have been retained. These...

<italic>In Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian cities and urban regions, strategic approaches in urban planning have been developed by introducing different kinds of informal strategic plans. The means of improving the strategic quality of urban and regional planning have thus been searched from outside the...</italic>