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Therefore, various authorities, ranging from the European to the local level, have attempted to foster cross-border spatial planning and ‘transcend’ borders, often supported by EU funding schemes, especially in the 1990s, when sentiments expressed the ideal of a ‘borderless Europe’. Nevertheless, reality proved consistently bordered, to a point where the interest in cross-border spatial planning has largely waned. Academic research takes place across various disciplines, most notably in ‘border studies’ and ‘academic spatial planning’. However, a common language has not emerged and our understanding of cross-border spatial planning remains limited. Therefore, this thesis sets out to develop a new theoretical framework which envelops the themes of ‘borders’, ‘regions’ and ‘planning’, based predominantly on systems theory. Analyzing cross-border spatial planning through this lens, by means of second-order observation, we arrive at a paradox, namely that in order to transcend borders, these same borders are needed to arrive at effective spatial planning and thus cannot be glossed out. In this thesis, I develop this ‘systems theory of spatial planning’ whilst at the same showing various implications for practice.","Radboud University, 12 november 2025","Promotores : Ernste, H., Houtum, H.J. van Co-promotor : Velde, B.M.R. van der","xiii, 283 p."]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Cross-border spatial planning in world society: a systems-theoretical perspective"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Ernste, H.","Houtum, H.J. van","Velde, B.M.R. van der"],"dc:creator":["Jacobs, A.J."],"dc:date":["2025"],"dc:description":["Contains fulltext : 325170.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)","Spatial development in cross-border regions, such as along the Dutch-German border, has often been characterized by a lack of coordinated effort and common strategies. 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