Territorial restructuring, enhancement of internal territorial cohesion as well as of qualifications and capacities of territories to undertake projects, constitute nowadays priorities of public action at a European scale. As the level that generates wealth and a sense of civic identity, the territory is also giving rise to new expectations that are related to globalization. Whether planned or spontaneous, restructuring of territories is leading to new methods of governance. Using the paradigm of territorial recomposition (restructuring) in Europe and the search of the territorial cohesion and spatial equity, the present paper approaches the need of sustainable territorial planning and management which implies, given the current structure of space, new forms of spatial analysis. In parallel, the paper presents and evaluates modern spatial planning tools, based on ecosystems thinking as well as on the principle of "spatial equity", through which physical planning can be approached and reviewed.
