Churski, Paweł2023-06-082023-06-082019978-88-99243-93-7https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14235/250The analysis aims to present the bases for integrated development planning and its use in the practice of spatial management, paying attention to the challenges related to the higher education in this field. The research procedure is made up of three stages. The first stage involves the synthetic systematization of basic theoretical premises of integrated development planning, taking into account the differences in definitions and suggested approaches in the Polish literature. The second stage presents the selected examples of challenges regarding the operational use of this conception in planning practice in Poland. The third stage shows the project of a unique field of study, Integrated Development Planning, that started in the 2018/2019 academic year in the Institute of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań under the Knowledge-Education-Development Operational Program’s project entitled Integrated Development Planning – the forge of a new cadre of professionals for the sector creating the development policy.enintegrated development planningtheoretical assumptionspractical implementationPolandArticle679-693