The article aims to survey theoretical literature as well as historical and analytical about the concept of spatial planning and its evolution over time until the present time, when the analysis assumes that the local cultures as important for policy spatial planning. A survey was conducted in books and international journals, in order to deepen the discussion on the topic in question. The theoretical framework is guided by authors such as Estaba (1999)ESTABA, Rosa Maria. La descentralización y la ordenación del territorio de Venezuela: estratégias hacia la modernidad. Scripta Nova . Revista eletrônica de geografia y ciencias sociales [On line]. Barcelona: Universidad de Barcelona, 15 de dezembro de 1999, No. 54. <http://www.ub.es/geocrit/sn-54.htm> [07 de novembro de 2008]. [ISSN 1138-9788]
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,Ferrão (2004;FERRÃO, João. A emergência de estratégias transnacionais de ordenamento do território na União Europeia: reimaginar o espaço europeu para criar novas formas de governança territorial? Revista Eure . (Vol. XXIX), pp. 43-61, Santiago de Chile, maio de 2004. 2011)FERRÃO, João. O Ordenamento do Território como Política Pública. Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gul benkian, 2011.,Albrechts (2004ALBRECHTS, Louis. Strategic (spatial) planning reexamined. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design . London, 2004, V. 31., 2006)LBRECHTS, Louis. Shifts in strategic spatial planning? Some evidence from Europe and Australia. Environment and Planning A . London, 2006, V. 38, p. 1149 -1170,,Allmendinger; Haughton (2008)ALLMENDINGER, Phil. HAUGHTON, Graham. Soft spaces, fuzzy boundaries, and metagovernance: the new spatial planning in the Thames Gateway. Environment and Planning A advance online publication. Pion Ltd and its Licensors, 2008., Friedman (2005FRIEDMANN, John. Planning Cultures in Transition. In: SANYAL, B. (ed.) Comparative Planning Culture Routledge: London, 2005a. p. 29-44., 2008)FRIEDMANN, John. The Uses of Planning Theory: a bibliographic essay. Journal of Planning Education and Research . V. 28, 2008, p. 247-257, Nadin (2007)NADIN, Vicent. The Emergence of the Spatial Planning Approach in England. Planning Practice ; Research . V. 22. nº 1. London, 2007. p.43-62,,Davoudi; Strange (2009)DAVOUDI, Simin; STRANGE, Ian. Conceptions of Space and Place in Strategic Spatial Planning . London,New York: Taylor ; Francis Routledge, 2009.,Knieling ; Othengrafen, (2009aKNIELING, Jörg; OTHENGRAFEN, Frank. Spatial Planning and Culture. Symbiosis for a Better Understanding of Cultural Differences in Planning Systems, Traditions and Practices. In: KNIELING, Jörg; OTHENGRAFEN, Frank. (Org.). Planning Cultures in Europe. Decoding Cultural Phenomena in Urban and Regional Planning . Farnham e Burlington: Ashgate, 2009a., b)NADIN, Vicent. The Emergence of the Spatial Planning Approach in England. Planning Practice ; Research . V. 22. nº 1. London, 2007. p.43-62, among others, who discuss the issue of spatial planning and planning culture in different national scales. It is noticed that the spatial planning changed, both in its practical character and in its conceptual and analytical importance was noted of the cultures of spaces, as key to different patterns of spatial planning
Spatial planning; Conceptual evolution; Planning culture.