Coordinated regional development: goal orientation of development processes Calls for coordination are a well-loved way of drawing attention to both planning problems and their (putative) solution. However, further exploration of this bold and simple metaphor seldom provides convincing answers as to the actual nature of coordination or how coordination can be successful. “Coordinated regional development: goal orientation of development processes” presents work by the ARL in an attempt to provide such answers. Observation is made of the interaction between spatial master planning and sub-regional development approaches and a background provided by theoretical reflections on the production of contexts of action and by case-studies from the IRD and LEADER programmes.