Planning and the Culture of Governance: Local Institutions and Reform in France

Booth, Philip

doi:10.1080/09654310902778060

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“…Where councils are smaller than appropriate for a particular function to be carried out (for example, strategic planning), Dollery and Crase (2004) advocate the use of Regional Organisations of Councils (ROCs) as a means for small councils to achieve economies of scope (such as improved planning outcomes) without the need for amalgamation. This idea is consistent with Brugman's (1994) concept of an intermediate institution and Booth's (2009) account of the rationale behind efforts to amalgamate planning functions at broader scales in France.…”

Section: Local Governmentsupporting

confidence: 51%

“…(Interviewee 14, Manager Strategic Planning). Consistent with Booth's (2009) account of the rationale behind efforts to amalgamate planning functions at broader scales in France, amalgamations were also put forward by interviewees as a means to improve spatial scales for strategic planning and decision-making: '. .…”

Section: Local Governmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It has been argued that an intermediate institution above local government would be better placed to locally implement global sustainability initiatives (Brugman 1994). Some have documented attempts to reconstitute local planning powers at broader scales through the amalgamation of local authorities (Booth 2009).…”

Section: Local Governmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Experience talks: the views of planners regarding the ability of the New South Wales planning system to implement ecologically sustainable development (ESD)

Williams¹

2013

Australian Planner

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This paper locates Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) as the only credible overarching policy objective for contemporary planning systems and presents six key policy and governance areas where a planning system's ability to implement ESD is determined. Through the analysis of face-to-face interviews, the paper provides a snapshot of the issues and concerns of local government planners regarding the ability of the NSW planning system to implement ESD. It is found that, despite the content of aspirational documents and in the context of reform agendas that prioritise economic growth, the NSW planning system is currently not well placed to implement ESD. A degree of consensus is found regarding the particular legislative, structural and cultural factors that work to impede the implementation of ESD in NSW: an overly narrow view of the role of planning; a focus on development assessment at the expense of strategic planning; insufficient statutory weight given to ESD; and a lack of policy integration at State government level. Perhaps most significantly, given the review of planning legislation currently being undertaken in NSW, this paper identifies a package of policy and governance reform directions that together will promote more effective implementation of ESD in the future.

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Section: Local Governmentsupporting

confidence: 51%

Section: Local Governmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Experience talks: the views of planners regarding the ability of the New South Wales planning system to implement ecologically sustainable development (ESD)

Williams¹

2013

Australian Planner

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“…For a better understanding of the French local institutions, politics and planning system, readers may refer to: Knapp and Wright 2006, Booth et al 2007, Booth 2009). 2.…”

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The promotion of creative industries as a tool for urban planning: the case of theTerritoire de la culture et de la créationin Paris Region

Aubry

Blein

Vivant

2014

International Journal of Cultural Policy

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The use of cultural amenities as a tool for strategic planning and the incorporation of the symbolic value of culture by capitalist modes of production have been widely studied. At the same time, debates surrounding the emerging concepts of creative economy and industries have fostered economic development strategies promoting clusters of creative activities. The case of the Territoire de la culture et de la création, in a Paris suburb, illustrates an hybridisation of these two kinds of strategies. As we will explain, the promotion of creative activities (mainly film industries) within the frame of a large urban project should not be seen as an economic strategy but as a planning strategy. Here, supporting creative industries is not this urban project's goal but its tool. It is a means to give value to a brownfield area, before launching a large and expensive urban project requiring private investors.

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“…What is important to note here is that the reforms that have been recently instigated parallel those being taken forward in other EU member states (Amdam, 2004;Booth, 2009;Herrschel, 2009;Sehested, 2009). Indeed, the characteristics that have emerged have been twofold.…”

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‘Regions Out—Sub-regions In’—Can Sub-regional Planning Break the Mould? The View from England

Morphet¹,

Pemberton²

2013

Planning Practice and Research

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A number of fundamental concerns have been raised over the recent abolition of regional economic and planning institutions processes and associated plans and strategies in England. In particular, questions have arisen over the strength and democratic accountability of the new arrangements emerging at a sub-regional scale-namely local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) that as yet have neither legal powers nor any formal planning role. Consequently, this article critically assesses the role, provenance and value of the abolished regional institutions together with the parallel criticisms. It also examines the potential for LEPs as their replacement and to develop into democratically accountable, locally self-determined strategic planning bodies.

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Planning and the Culture of Governance: Local Institutions and Reform in France

Cited by 22 publications

References 13 publications

Experience talks: the views of planners regarding the ability of the New South Wales planning system to implement ecologically sustainable development (ESD)

Experience talks: the views of planners regarding the ability of the New South Wales planning system to implement ecologically sustainable development (ESD)

The promotion of creative industries as a tool for urban planning: the case of theTerritoire de la culture et de la créationin Paris Region

‘Regions Out—Sub-regions In’—Can Sub-regional Planning Break the Mould? The View from England

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