The European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP) is a document approved by the Informal Council of Ministers of Spatial Planning of European Commission in Potsdam in 1999.
It is a legally non-binding document forming a policy framework with 60 policy options for all tiers of administration with a planning responsibility.
The strategic aim is to achieve a balanced and sustainable spatial development strategy.
With the aim to provide an integrated, multi-sectoral and indicative strategy for the spatial development, the key ideas of ESDP are: