System Innovation in Spatial Development: Current Dutch Approaches

Abstract

A system innovation is a cross-organizational qualitative intervention that various system participants bring about together through their various contributions of different kinds of knowledge and skill. The term refers to the innovation of an entire system involving many actors. Spatial development refers to both the dynamic in land use, and changes in the development and implementation of spatial plans. The current large number of societal and spatial developments taken as a whole in a country such as the Netherlands increase the pressure on space and create the need for a powerful system innovation. This paper explains the system innovation which is going on in the Netherlands now, drawing on such themes as the coproduction of policy, publicprivate partnership and demand management. A process architecture for area development is more and more proposed, in which project envelopes are formed, the scope is optimized and surplus profits are ploughed back into the area (value capturing). The future will tell whether this new approach will really work and whether the traditional values and performance of Dutch spatial planning will be safeguarded under changing circumstances.

A Comparative Study of Strategies for Sustainable Development of Multifunctional Fen Landscapes: Signposts to Explore New Avenues

“…This could frustrate local initiatives and it is potentially contra-productive since local and regional modes of governance result from how different stakeholders negotiate in a culturally accepted tradition (cf. Van Dijk, 2006;Priemus, 2007;Tan et al, 2009;Vigar, 2009). So we advise carefulness should be taken into account when considering an overarching, imposing norm for enhancing sustainability of fen landscapes.…”

“…Yet, the strategies in these countries may encounter different challenges in addressing the sustainability issues of the fen landscapes, because, for example, the external or contextual settings, the local institutional relationships or the customary way to intervene in such issues may differ. For example, the Dutch decision-making style may be typified as negotiation-oriented (Priemus, 2002(Priemus, , 2007Tan et al, 2009), whereas the UK style may be typified as oriented at centralized decision-making (Albrechts et al, 2003;Vigar, 2009). Therefore, it is interesting and relevant to comparatively analyse German, Dutch and UK strategies.…”

“…The national policy-making context may explain this decision-making style: for land-use planning issues, the Netherlands has a strong tradition of government that is willing to negotiate, with a lobbying role for a broad range of stakeholder groups (Priemus, 2002(Priemus, , 2007Tan et al, 2009). Contrary to this tradition, the present study shows that two of the Dutch strategies had a relatively strong enforcing character, employing expropriation of lands.…”

“…The striking absence of country-specific (cf. Van Dijk, 2006;Priemus, 2007;Tan et al, 2009;Vigar, 2009) or overarching EU characteristics of strategies (cf. Albrechts et al, 2003;Zonneveld, 2005;Baylis et al, 2008;Sykes, 2008) as well as the great variety of regionally different tailored strategies is an important observation.…”

Dealing with interrelatedness and fragmentation in road infrastructure planning: an analysis of integrated approaches throughout the planning process in the Netherlands

“…In contrast to internal integration, external integration takes into account a wide range of interrelated land uses within an area, including well-planned transport facilities. That way, it seeks to improve issues such as the general liveability, competitiveness and sustainability of an area (Dodson, 2009;Fischer & Amekudzi, 2011;Graham, 2009;oECD, 2010;Priemus, 2007).…”