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Abstract
The main objective of the study is to understand change in spatial planning and its conceptual underpinnings as well as to examine the change in plan-making activity and spatial planning systems within the wider context of spatial planning framework. Taking into consideration that the spatial planning system is influenced by the national legal structures and administrative system, this study postulates the partial change in the legal framework of the spatial planning jeopardises the achievement of expected outcomes of strategic spatial planning at the local level in Egypt.
To substantiate the research hypothesis, this study followed several research methodologies, including literature review to formulate the conceptual model to map the change in spatial plan-making activity and spatial planning systems; a retro-perspective approach to study to change of international spatial planning; a comparative analysis to examine the relation between changes in spatial plan-making activity and spatial planning system, in addition to interviews and field observations to investigate the change in the spatial planning activity in Egypt.
Part I established the theoretical foundation to understand change in spatial planning theory and practice. It offered a historical backDROP for development of contemporary spatial planning. In order to gain a deeper perception of change, a conceptual model was developed using a loose paradigmatic approach. The main themes addressed in this model are the driving forces for change, the dynamics of change and the nature of change in spatial plan-making activity and spatial planning systems.
Drawing on the theoretical framework, Part II analysed the changes in spatial planning thought, practice and systems during the twentieth century under three intellectual paradigms: positivism, structuralism and relationalism. . Furthermore, the international experience showed the interrelation between change in spatial plan-making activity and spatial planning system, as well as the synchronisation with the wider context of spatial planning framework.
Taking these findings into application, Part III examines the development of spatial plan-making activity and spatial planning system in Egypt between 1952 and 2011. The study focuses on examining the recent change in the laws regulating spatial plan-making activity and places this change within the wider legal framework of the spatial planning system of Egypt. The analysis showed that the partial change was inconsistent with the wider framework. This inconsistency could be attributed to the variation in the conceptual foundations among the laws which support the spatial planning system of Egypt.
The study concluded that the adoption of the government of Egypt for strategic spatial planning could be considered a paradigm shift in the planning system. However, the current spatial planning framework cannot fully support this shift.