Louis C. Wassenhoven, Professor Emeritus (Urban and Regional Planning), Department of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Architectural Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

• ContentsForeword xiiPreface xvi1 Introduction to Spatial Planning as Institutional Design PART I SPATIAL PLANNING SYSTEMS INEUROPEAN COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY THE2008 ECONOMIC CRISIS2 Spatial planning systems in the 20th century 3 Drafting spatial planning legislation as institutionaldesign: theoretical foundations 4 Spatial planning systems on the eve of the economiccrisis, 2000‒2010 5 The economic crisis PART II THE REFORM OF THE URBAN ANDREGIONAL PLANNING SYSTEMS ASA RESULT OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS6 Efforts of reform in countries suffering from the crisis 7 Greece: EU Task Force and special steering committee forspatial planning reform PART III SPATIAL PLANNING SYSTEMS AFTER THE CRISIS8 Developments after exiting from the crisis: comparisons 9 Summing up: an overview BibliographyIndex

‘Louis Wassenhoven provides a detailed and frank insider's account of the Troika-driven planning reform process in crisis-stricken Greece. His book is a must-read for anyone who wishes to understand more about the difficulties and vagaries of structural reform, not only in Greece but also in all other EU countries who found themselves in a similar situation in the late 2000s and early 2010s.’