Obscure ritual or administrative luxury? Integrating strategic planning and regional development Mark Baker Department of Town and Country Planning, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Claremont Tower, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU Tel. 0191-222 8819 E-mail: M.W.Baker@ncl.ac.uk Iain Deas Department of Planning and Landscape, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL Tel. 0161-275 6884. E-mail: Iain.Deas@man.ac.uk Cecilia Wong Department of Planning and Landscape, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL Tel. 0161-275 6888. E-mail: Cecilia.Wong@man.ac.uk (revised manuscript: May 1999)