Intergrating the spatial and environmental aspect in regional development programmes in the programme period 2007–2013

The article presents analyses of integration of spatial and environmental aspects in documents concerning development planning, regional structural policy and physical and environmental planning on the national, regional and local level. These are followed with guidelines for amending the system of development planning and integration of physical and environmental aspects into the new generation of regional development programmes. Possibilities for linking regional development programmes and regional concepts of spatial development are also presented.