For the last 20 years it has been possible to observe an erosion of state governance that has also affected spatial planning in its superordinate, coordinating and synthesising role. Against this background, this volume develops perspectives for sustainable spatial planning in Bavaria. The volume summarises the findings of the working group of the same name from the Bavarian Regional Working Group of the ARL – Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association. The guiding principle of spatial justice is used as a new normative reference point for a renaissance of federal state and regional planning to create equivalent living conditions in the Free State of Bavaria. The first papers in the volume are dedicated to an analysis of federal state development policy, including the programmes, plans and regional planning associations. Subsequently, the effectiveness of the central place concept is questioned and the necessity of a new delimitation for regional planning areas is demonstrated. Through recourse to the still relatively new approach of fundamental economics, an alternative view of the connection between regional economic strength and public services emerges. Finally, impulses for a reorientation of spatial planning in Bavaria are illustrated.weiterlesen