Towards an Integrated Spatial Planning?

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

“…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". Such fragmentation in the form of "silo mentalities" and cross-sectoral mismatches in integrating critical concerns has been problematized in both planning studies (Blanco & Alberti, 2009;Healey, 2007;Isaksson & Storbjörk, 2012;Nilsson, 2007;Vigar, 2009) and adaptation studies (Glaas et al, 2010;Lidskog & Uggla, 2009;Mickwitz et al, 2009;Naess et al, 2005;Romero-Lankao, 2012;Storbjörk, 2010;Wilby & Keenan, 2012;Wilson, 2006). Fragmentation is also evident in the interplay between planning instruments, such as municipal comprehensive and local development plans (Hilding-Rydevik & Åkerskog, 2011;Measham et al, 2011;Vigar, 2009).…”

“…Others have demonstrated that spatial planning is in practice based on various aspirations and contradictory narratives regarding land use change (Clifford, 2012;Inch, 2012). There is also evidence of planners being stuck in the working practices of old land use planning, uncommitted to the proposed change, suggesting that integration in practice depends on local circumstances, traditions and path dependencies (Clifford, 2012;Tewdwr-Jones et al, 2010;Vigar, 2009). …”

“…[Insert Table 1 (Inch, 2012;Tewdwr-Jones et al, 2010;Vigar, 2009). In the UK context, it is claimed that "spatial planning goes beyond traditional land use planning by integrating policies for the development and use of land with other policies and programs which influence the nature of places and how they function" (Clifford, 2012, p. 2.…”

“…In the UK context, it is claimed that "spatial planning goes beyond traditional land use planning by integrating policies for the development and use of land with other policies and programs which influence the nature of places and how they function" (Clifford, 2012, p. 2. See also Albrechts, 2010;Bramley & Kirk, 2005;Tewdwr-Jones et al, 2010;Vigar, 2009). Another element of spatial planning involves proactively and strategically managing and influencing change (Tewdwr-Jones et al, 2010, p. 240).…”

“…Wilson and Piper (2010, p. 10) define spatial planning as "the ability to plan, in a democratically accountable way, the activities of … sectors (such as housing, energy, economic development, transport and water … that have spatial or landuse consequences in their wider social and environmental context". In this view, spatial planning transcends the mere technical and legal regulation of land use change (Albrechts, 2010;Bramley & Kirk, 2005;Tewdwr-Jones et al, 2010;Vigar, 2009). Instead, planning is assigned a coordinating role of integrating and balancing current and future societal goals, considerations and knowledge claims.…”