Spatial Dimensions in Soviet Central Planning
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8964019 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Denis J B Shaw (0000-0003-0391-4011, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 401-401 |
| Publication date | 1985-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-2754 • E-ISSN: 1475-5661 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2307/621888 |
| OpenAlex | W2326164308 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 3 |
With recent changes in its political leadership and a currently disappointing economic performance, the Soviet Union appears to need new economic initiatives. However, the Soviet leaders have so far found it difficult to move far from the centralized, branch-planned economy bequeathed by Stalin, and such policy developments as have occurred have operated within the constraints of that system. For some years politicians have emphasized the need to move from traditional 'extensive' modes of economic growth, based upon abundant and cheap material and labour resources, to more 'intensive' forms, stressing conservation and the reduction of waste. This in turn has led to a search for ways of encouraging the branch economic ministries to cooperate together, and to co-ordinate their activities far more than hitherto. One important means of achieving this is through 'territorial planning', a disparate set of policy measures focused upon regional and locational issues and designed to introduce a horizontal dimension into the predominantly vertical structure of decision making and control. The paper reviews recent developments in territorial planning at different levels in the hierarchy-national (all-Union), republican and local-and discusses the major problems in this form of planning. It is concluded that, given the traditional structure of the economy, territorial planning is unlikely to fulfil the hopes of the leadership, and thus, that further policy initiatives are to be expected in the future
Central asia · Environmental planning · Geography · Physical geography · Political science · Spatial planning · Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends · Urbanization and City Planning
| Citations per year | 0.23 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2004 - 2016 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |