Comprehensive exploration of spatial planning in Zhejiang Province

Abstract

Zhejiang Province has been committed to the planning reform since the mid-1990s to adapt to economic and social transformation, urbanization and reform of administration system. The province has explored such comprehensive planning as urban system planning, integrated urban-rural planning, overall planning of county/city administrative area, and “multi-plan integration” planning in tandem. The efforts of Zhejiang have become one of the critical sources for developing our territorial spatial planning system after the government institutional reform. In the current practices of territorial spatial planning, Zhejiang has pursued further innovative exploration on optimizing urban-rural pattern, improving spatial quality, promoting spatial management and control, strengthening cross-border coordination, and developing intelligent planning in light of its foundations. By reviewing the history of Zhejiang’s comprehensive planning, the paper summarizes the overall development trend and related experiences in planning to provide insights and topics for further discussion for our current across-the-board territorial spatial planning.