Spatial Visioning: Systematic Literature Review and Research Agenda

Abstract

The contribution is a systematic literature review of empirical works on visions and vision-making. It provides a conceptual basis, meanings and interpretations assigned to the terms and highlights practical challenges involved in vision-based planning. Analyzing the state of knowledge on visioning produced in the last twenty years, the review not only outlines key conceptual elements but also the shortcomings and what more needs to be done for visioning to move beyond realpolitik and consensual vocabularies. In addition to presenting insights from empirical works, the review identifies areas of scholarly engagement to make visioning an effective planning technique.