Is Integrated Planning Any More Than the Sum of Its Parts?

Holden, Meg

doi:10.1177/0739456x12449483

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“…What is the usability of these planning instruments as perceived by their developers? To provide an answer to these questions, the paper draws on the outcomes of , accessibility analysis and instruments offer a highly suitable framework to support the development of combined land-use and transport strategies, so as to achieve the coordination and synergy required to attain city sustainability goals (Holden 2012;Stead, Geerlings, and Meijers 2004). Indeed, a focus on accessibility makes the overall goal of the land-use and transport system explicit and offers a direct link between the characteristics of flows (i.e., speeds and travel time) and the characteristic of places (i.e., the number of relevant activities in a given area).…”

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Accessibility instruments for planning practice: a review of European experiences

Papa

Silva

Brömmelstroet³

et al. 2015

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Abstract:Although a large body of literature has been produced on the theoretical definitions and measurements of accessibility, the extent to which such indicators are used in planning practice is less clear. This research explores the gap between theory and application by seeking to understand what the new wave of accessibility instruments (AIs) prepared for spatial and transport planning practice purports to offer the users of AIs. Starting from the question of how urban and transport planners are designing AIs, the article analyzes and describes the AIs developed over the last decade (mainly in Europe), offering a structured overview and a clear categorization of how accessibility measures can be applied. The paper identifies AI characteristics, and considers their usability, based on AI developer perceptions. IntroductionAccessibility instruments (AIs) are a type of planning support system (PSS) designed to support integrated land-use transport analysis and planning through providing explicit knowledge on the accessibility of land uses by different modes of transport at various geographical scales. They measure, interpret and/or model accessibility and are developed to support the many research tasks involved in planning practice (analysis, design support, evaluation, monitoring, etc.). Although there exists an extensive literature on the analysis and the classification of accessibility measures and indicators incorporated in these AIs (Geurs and van Eck 2001;Geurs and van Wee 2004), less attention has been paid to the planning issues that they seek to support or to their usability and employability for the various planning goals in actual practice. This research aims to fill this gap and provide insights on the two following research questions: How has the new wave of accessibility instruments (AIs) prepared for spatial and transport-planning practice been designed? What is the usability of these planning instruments as perceived by their developers? To provide an answer to these questions, the paper draws on the outcomes of , accessibility analysis and instruments offer a highly suitable framework to support the development of combined land-use and transport strategies, so as to achieve the coordination and synergy required to attain city sustainability goals (Holden 2012;Stead, Geerlings, and Meijers 2004). Indeed, a focus on accessibility makes the overall goal of the land-use and transport system explicit and offers a direct link between the characteristics of flows (i.e., speeds and travel time) and the characteristic of places (i.e., the number of relevant activities in a given area). Because of these features, it represents a potentially powerful approach that planning practitioners can employ to develop and test effective strategies for sustainable cities (Straatemeier 2008), and that could act as good accelerators for a better coordination between urban and transport planning.The second reason for focusing on AIs, and in particular on their usability in planning practice, is that although both the...

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Accessibility instruments for planning practice: a review of European experiences

Papa

Silva

Brömmelstroet³

et al. 2015

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“…In order to understand the reasons behind effective implementation of sustainable mobility we need to go beyond the actual measures, and analyse such matters as steering cultures. The paper thus contributes to the understanding of how long-term integration goals connect to short-term actions in planning and decision-making praxis, a research need identified, for example, by Holden (2012).…”

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Integrating transport and land-use planning? How steering cultures in local authorities affect implementation of integrated public transport and land-use planning

Hrelja

2015

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

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Previous research has shown integrated planning to be important for achieving aims concerning more environmentally friendly transport operations, but less good at explaining prerequisites of implementation. This paper analyses how management and working practises in local authorities, here understood as steering cultures, affect implementation of integrated land-use and public transport planning approaches. The analysis builds on case studies of planning in two Swedish municipalities. These have developed two antithetical steering cultures, namely one that can be described as deliberative and one that can be described as sectorised. The paper describes the advantages and disadvantages of these steering cultures. The findings show the deliberative model to facilitate integration through advanced mechanisms of consensus and co-ordination between policy-makers and officials. The sectorised model has no such mechanisms, but this need not result in poor prospects of integrated planning. It is important for integrated planning approaches, whatever the steering culture, to be in line with the institutionalised norms and objectives by which planning practices are governed. Integration therefore needs a normative component, so as to ensure implementation. The important normative component in this context can be construed as discourses and rationales concerning transport and the urban development of which public transport forms part.

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“…Creating coherent and consistent urban policy that promotes health, liveability and sustainability requires effective partnerships and collaboration between and within all three levels of government, and with the private and community sectors (Rayner & Howlett, 2009;Holden, 2012). In Australia, policies around land use, social services, health care and transport planning are primarily the responsibility of state governments, with local governments and the community sector focusing on service delivery.…”

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Planning Healthy, Liveable and Sustainable Cities: How Can Indicators Inform Policy?

Lowe

Whitzman

Badland

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Urban Policy and Research

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Creating 'liveable' communities that are healthy and sustainable is an aspiration of policymakers in Australia and overseas. Indicators are being used at the national, state and local level to compare the liveability of cities and regions. Yet, there are challenges in the adoption of such indicators. Planning scholars see a challenge in creating indicators that measure something publicly valued, while public health researchers are concerned about scant systemic research on relationships between policies, the built environment, and health and well-being. This article provides an overview of liveability indicators used to date in Australia and internationally. It then outlines the results of consultations with Melbourne-based academics and decision-makers, on how to increase their utility and support the creation of healthy, liveable and sustainable cities.

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Is Integrated Planning Any More Than the Sum of Its Parts?

Cited by 51 publications

References 49 publications

Accessibility instruments for planning practice: a review of European experiences

Accessibility instruments for planning practice: a review of European experiences

Integrating transport and land-use planning? How steering cultures in local authorities affect implementation of integrated public transport and land-use planning

Planning Healthy, Liveable and Sustainable Cities: How Can Indicators Inform Policy?

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