Rescaling territorial governance in the Randstad Holland: The responsiveness of spatial and institutional strategies to changing socio-economic interactions

Salet, Willem

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“…That Dutch indicative frameworks became more open to interpretations has enhanced the engagement of actors in regional planning (Hajer & Zonneveld, 2000;Teisman & Klijn, 2002;Salet, 2006) but also led to the emergence of distinct decision-making practices, among them a range that was commonly labelled 'regional design'. Many plan actors, de-central governments, coalitions among these and coalitions among these and private agencies have favoured to respond to indicative plans, set out by the national government, through making plans themselves.…”

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“…Incrementally it formalized development-led planning practices while maintaining its long tradition of plan-led approaches (Needham, 1988;Salet & Woltjer, 2009;Janssen-Jansen & Woltjer, 2010;Salet, 2006;Dammers et al, 2004). A new Spatial Planning Act, effective since 2008, approved the important role of plans in Dutch planning (both local land-use and indicative ones), but simultaneously facilitated their change through enhancing the 'speed, clarity, consistency and predictability' of the ways how planning decisions are made (Needham, 2005, p. 328-329, p. 336).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Regional design: Discretionary approaches to regional planning in The Netherlands

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“…For a while, the city council, a very influential voice at national level, promoted the idea of a metropolitan authority (Alexander, 2002). The proposal for such an authority in the Amsterdam area had difficulty in maintaining support among key municipalities and was eventually defeated by Amsterdam citizens after a referendum in 1995 (Salet andGualini 2003, Healey 2007). However, the political need to find a way of building strong horizontal linkages among municipalities and between key state sectors involved in place development activity has remained, as the former vertically-structured, sectoral bastions around spatial planning and rural development have weakened.…”

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“…In this context, the creation of formal metropolitan authorities around the major cities held the promise of creating a strong institutional site from which to bargain with the national ministries and to manage the tensions between adjacent municipalities over priorities for development location and investment (Salet 2006). For many years, for example, the city of Amsterdam had worked hard to create some kind of sub-regional arena, below the level of the province, but also mobilising inter-provincial links where the evolving 'functional linkages' (housing markets, labour markets, etc) were spreading beyond municipal and provincial boundaries.…”

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City Regions and Place Development

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2009

Regional Studies

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Healey P. City regions and place development, Regional Studies. The paper explores the concept of a 'city region' in the context of proposals for reconfiguring sub-national government arrangements. It considers the various arguments behind calls for a 'city region' focus, and reviews recent experiences in the Netherlands and England. This highlights that the concept of a 'city region' can be mobilized both as an organizing device and to call attention to place dynamics. There are dangers in a narrow focus on administrative and economic considerations when promoting the creation of 'city region' institutional arenas. Instead, greater attention is needed to promote more integrated, locally specific, place development agendas. [image omitted] Healey P. Ville-region et developpement de places, Regional Studies. L'auteur analyse le concept de ville-region dans le contexte de propositions de reconfiguration d'arrangements gouvernementaux subnationaux. Il prend en consideration les divers arguments, appelle a se concentrer sur les villes regions et passe en revue des experiences recentes menees aux Pays-Bas et en Angleterre. Il insiste sur le fait que le concept de ville-region peut etre mobilise comme dispositif d'organisation et pour rappeler l'attention sur la dynamique de places. Il est dangereux de se concentrer etroitement sur des considerations administratives et economiques lorsque l'on fait la promotion de la creation d'ensembles institutionnels de villes-regions. Au contraire, il faut attacher une plus grande attention a la promotion de programmes de developpement de places mieux integres et specifiques sur le plan local. Region metropolitaine Competitivite economique Devolution au gouvernement Developpement durable Innovation sociale Concept institutionnel Developpement de zones integrees Healey P. Stadtregionen und Raumentwicklung, Regional Studies. In diesem Beitrag wird das Konzept der 'Stadtregion' im Kontext von Vorschlagen zur Neugestaltung von subnationalen Regierungsformen untersucht. Ich untersuche die verschiedenen Argumente hinter der Forderung nach einem Fokus auf der 'Stadtregion' und uberprufe die jungsten Erfahrungen aus den Niederlanden und England. Die Ergebnisse verdeutlichen, dass sich das Konzept der 'Stadtregion' sowohl als organisatorisches Instrument als auch zur Hervorhebung von ortlichen Dynamiken nutzen lasst. Bei der Forderung der Schaffung von institutionellen 'Stadtregion'-Arenen besteht die Gefahr eines zu engen Fokus auf verwaltungstechnischen und wirtschaftlichen Gesichtspunkten. Stattdessen sollte der Forderung von integrierteren und lokalspezifischen Raumentwicklungsplanen starkere Beachtung geschenkt werden. Metropolitane Region Wirtschaftliche Konkurrenzfahigkeit Politische Dezentralisierung Nachhaltige Entwicklung Gesellschaftliche Innovation Institutionelle Gestaltung Integrierte Raumentwicklung Healey P. Ciudad-regiones y desarrollo de areas, Regional Studies. En este articulo analizo el concepto de 'ciudad-region' en el contexto de propuestas para reconfigurar los acuer...

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“…The national plan inspired intense experimentation and co-operation among regional actors in the following years. Exploratory (regional) design became a common practice: many initiatives engaged in a search for arguments to fill the organizational void that the government has deliberately sought to create and was asked by many to do so (Hajer & Zonneveld, 2000;Lambregts, Janssen-Jansen, & Haran, 2008;Salet, 2006).…”

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Transformations of Planning Rationales: Changing Spaces for Governance in Recent Dutch National Planning

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Zonneveld

2018

Planning Theory & Practice

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Dutch national planning has acquired an international reputation because it provides strong planning guidance while simultaneously being responsive to the particular spatial and political circumstances of different regions and areas. Spatial concepts, like the Randstad, are important vehicles for sustaining this approach. Such concepts incorporate select spatial planning rationales that justify operational decisions. Concepts can, however, also be ambiguous, and this can allow for different interpretations and deliberations about how guidance should take effect in different situations. In this paper we assess the degree of ambiguity contained in concepts outlined in Dutch national plans between 1988 and 2012. By focusing on the dimensions of spatial concepts, and the room for interpretation these create, we demonstrate how concepts were modified to accommodate a shifting appreciation of deliberation and, as a result, collaboration and governance. On a theoretical level, we propose a method that analyses in detail the ambiguity ("fuzzyness" or "softness") of spatial concepts. We argue that such sophisticated understandings contribute to explaining the variety of governance responses that these geographies produce in practice. On an empirical level we seek to increase understanding of change in recent Dutch national planning.

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Rescaling territorial governance in the Randstad Holland: The responsiveness of spatial and institutional strategies to changing socio-economic interactions

Cited by 30 publications

References 10 publications

Regional design: Discretionary approaches to regional planning in The Netherlands

Regional design: Discretionary approaches to regional planning in The Netherlands

City Regions and Place Development

Transformations of Planning Rationales: Changing Spaces for Governance in Recent Dutch National Planning

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