From the editor

Abstract

Spatial ordening is part of the urban and regional planner's task. However, this spatial ordening does not happen in a vacuum - it is being influenced by different factors. For the urban and regional planner who is acting as an adviser in practice, a great deal of his work is being directed by socio- economical as well as by policy and political aspects. Today we are busy with the correcting, or turning around, of the policies of previous governments, and trying to make a better integrated world in a fragmented society. The nature of our profession is no longer only focused on spatial planning, and more and more attention is given to society, while pressure is also exerted from entrepeneurical approaches.