demokraatlik, erinevate elualade arengukavasid koordineeriv ja integreeriv, funktsionaalne, pikaajaline ruumilise arengu kavandamine, mis tasakaalustatult arvestab majandusliku, sotsiaalse ja kultuurilise keskkonna ning looduskeskkonna arengu pikaajalisi suundumusi ja vajadus
the public process of analyzing and allocating the spatial and temporal distribution of human activities in certain areas to achieve ecological, economic, and social objectives that are usually specified through a political process
spatial planning in the US is predominantly regulatory-based and controlled at local levels such as counties, municipalities, and even neighborhoods. For this reason, planning and zoning regulations remain highly variable down to the local level
