Climate & Environment
Spatial Planning
The public coordination of land use and development across space — the delivery mechanism for sustainable settlement patterns.
Definition
Spatial planning is the public sector function of coordinating the spatial distribution of people, activities and land uses — through strategies, zoning, development control and infrastructure planning — at scales from national frameworks to local plans. It determines where housing, industry, transport, agriculture and nature go, mediating competing demands on land; sustainability enters through compact-city policies, greenbelt and ecosystem protection, transit-oriented development and climate-risk-informed zoning.
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