Strategic Spatial Planning: Collective Action and Moments of Opportunity

“Sometimes Climate Adaptation is Politically Correct”: A Case Study of Planners and Politicians Negotiating Climate Adaptation in Waterfront Spatial Planning

“…Furthermore, researchers have documented spatial planning's difficulties fulfilling its integrative and proactive potential: since spatial decisions are reached in a piecemeal manner, the end results are often partial solutions to challenges rather than grand transformations (Newman, 2008). Mickwitz et al (2009, p. 60) claim that the capacities of spatial planning are shrinking due to "the rigidity of administrative and political borders, the stability of departmentalism and the strength of sectional interests and preferences for small-scale solutions".…”

“…Hrelja, 2011;Mickwitz et al, 2009;Newman, 2008;Vigar, 2009). Ensuring that the bigger picture of, for example, climate change is not ignored is a goal of the new risk appendix; however, the interviewees indicate that the problem is not necessarily solved by the appendix, since it also allows variances:…”

The Relationship between Spatial Planning and Economic Competitiveness: The ‘Path to Economic Nirvana’ or a ‘Dangerous Obsession’?

“…Analysts argue there is 'limited critical commentary' on spatial planning and call for 'urgent critique and reconsideration' Haughton, 2010, 2012;Newman, 2008). This paper addresses that gap in the literature by problematising the relationship between neoliberal competitiveness and spatial planning.…”

“…Spatial planning, an 'ambiguous concept' (Faludi, 2002) with a 'variety of definitions' (Allmendinger and Haughton, 2010), moves away from narrow regulatory decisions to a broader set of issues. It aims to produce shared principles of spatial development and "new forms of territorially-focused collective action" (Newman, 2008(Newman, , p. 1371. Central to this is "a focus upon the qualities and management of space and place" (Allmendinger and Haughton, 2009, p. 620) and "shaping economic, social, cultural, and ecological dimensions of society" (Allmendinger and Haughton, 2010, p. 803).…”

The practice of settling and enacting strategic guidelines for climate adaptation in spatial planning: lessons from ten Swedish municipalities

“…To enhance knowledge of how the practical implementation of climate adaptation in spatial planning proceeds when standardized regulation and directives are formally in place, we take the positions of spatial planners as "frontline practitioners" supporting, implementing and maintaining reform in their every-day activities (Clifford 2012;Healey 2009;Newman 2008;Barrett 2004;Schofield 2004) as our starting-point. We hereby recognize the dependence on internal motivations for enacting change (O'Brien and Wolf 2010;Anguelovski and Carmin 2011).…”