“SPLACH – Spatial Planning for Change” aims at preparing a body of transformative planning policies, implementation mechanisms, and decision support systems, able to guide Portuguese planning practice towards a transition to a low carbon and social inclusive urban system. It brings together research carried out in three research centres - CITTA, DINÂMIA'CET and GOVCOPP.

One of the main goals of SPLACH is the production of a Compendium of Urban Policies , a comprehensive and coherent body of development control and transformative planning policies, implementation mechanisms, planning models and decision support systems, able to feed and guide Portuguese planning practice including the public and the private sectors and the plan making and the licensing stages towards a rapid and effective transition to a low carbon and social inclusive urban system.