This paper analyses the changes resulting from the use of a new tool in urban policies in Brussels, the schéma directeur (structure plan). We especially examine whether the new procedure has concretely achieved some of its major objectives: firstly, improving coordination of public action at different levels of authority; secondly, building real consensus with private partners; and thirdly, reinforcing democratic participation. Based on a collective empirical study devoted to the first implementations of the new procedure in the cases of four urban projects, this article also integrates some major elements of the theoretical debates about new modes of governance and the development of participatory and deliberative democracy, in order to clarify the meanings of some fuzzy notions frequently used either by researchers or actors. The authors argue that the new practices that characterize the structure plan, including promises of increased participation in a new type of governance, do not actually enhance people's involvement. To conclude, a partial failure is diagnosed with regard to the structure plan's initial ambitions.
This paper presents an analysis of some of the socio-political stakes riding on the recent implementation of a 'structure plan' (or schéma directeur ) for the 'Botanique' area in Brussels. The aim is to build a bridge between the discussions about the new modes of governance and the development of participatory or deliberative democracy, on the one hand, and an empirical study of a public policy that borrows from these categories, on the other hand. The innovative practices that characterise the 'structure plan' are often labelled 'participatory'. In this text, we intend to determine to what extent they participate more in a new type of urban governance without truly helping to enhance the people's involvement.
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La revue scientifique électronique pour les recherches sur Bruxelles / Het elektronisch wetenschappelijk tijdschrift voor onderzoek over Brussel / The e-journal for academic research on Brussels Collection générale | 2009 Les schémas directeurs, et après ? L'avenir du développement urbain à Bruxelles en question De richtschema's, en daarna? De toekomst van de stedelijke ontwikkeling in Brussel in vragen The master plans: what comes next? Questions about the future of urban development in Brussels
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