“Ideally, a local-level land use plan with its projects and regulations
is reflected in a national land use plan, for instance through a national
land use classification or respective policies and laws. Thus a
complementary flow of information and regulations from the local
“bottom-level” to the national “top-level”, and vice versa, is required
in meaningful planning. In this, the local levels express their needs,
challenges and visions in the land use plan and the national level
considers these through overall policy making. In this set-up, land
use planning becomes a democratic mouthpiece of civil society.”