Just a talking shop? – Informal participatory spatial planning for implementing state wind energy targets in Germany

Leibenath, Markus; Wirth, Peter; Lintz, Gerd

doi:10.1016/j.jup.2016.02.008

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“…In 2013 the authors systematically analysed 301 newspaper articles published in the newspaper Sächsische Zeitung between March 2012 and April 2013, the time of the most intensive public debate. Moreover, as moderators of a working group that, between November 2013 and November 2014, brought together opponents and proponents of wind power on behalf of the regional planning association, Peter Wirth and Markus Leibenath obtained direct insights into the discussions [29].…”

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The politics of energy landscapes: the influence of local anti-wind initiatives on state policies in Saxony, Germany

Lintz

Leibenath

2020

Energ Sustain Soc

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Background: In recent years, landscapes in many countries have been transformed by efforts to fight global warming, specifically the shift towards renewable energies such as wind power. This development has been met by growing opposition from local citizens and their initiatives. There is an ongoing debate about whether and how such protests have a real impact on the development of energy landscapes. Methods: Drawing on the rare case of a state government scaling back ambitious targets for the expansion of renewables, the authors were able to analyse the impact of protests in the context of regional spatial planning and, particularly, state policy-making on energy. Conceptually drawing on the Advocacy Coalition Framework and using the method of causal-process tracing, the qualitative study investigates related interactions and decision-making processes in the federal state of Saxony, Germany, between 2011-when targets were increased-and 2013when targets were scaled back. Results: The findings show that the protests grew significantly when the raised expansion targets for renewables were translated into a higher number of potential wind farm sites. The protests, which primarily referred to landscapes, were well-organised and creative. Activists worked through a range of channels across various contexts and several levels of the politico-administrative system, in particular approaching regional spatial planners and a wide range of politicians. In the end, the protests (along with other factors) significantly contributed to the readjustment by the Saxon coalition government of its energy and climate policy and thus to a slowdown of energy-related landscape change. Conclusions: The study confirms that the influence of protesters can greatly exceed the previously studied participation in the planning of sites and the approval process for individual wind farms. Also highlighting other relevant co-influential factors, the paper contributes to the development of a middle-range theory of the impact of local opposition to wind power in the context of energy landscapes.

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The politics of energy landscapes: the influence of local anti-wind initiatives on state policies in Saxony, Germany

Lintz

Leibenath

2020

Energ Sustain Soc

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“…Solche Koordinationsprobleme lassen sich auch in der Energiewende finden. Aktuell argumentiert hingegen Arthur Benz (2019) (Huge und Roßnagel 2018;Komendantova und Battaglini 2016;Leibenath et al 2016;Roßmeier et al 2018;Kapeller und Biegelbauer 2020). So plädieren Bürgerinitiativen bei Netzausbau-Beteiligungsverfahren für eine dezentrale Energiewende, die den Ausbau in Teilen mutmaßlich überflüssig machen würde -eine Forderung, die für die Planerinnen und Planer sowie die Netzbetreiber kaum eine probate Diskussionsgrundlage darstellt (Neukirch 2017).…”

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2020

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“…It is essential to analyse the literature, which describes informal planning, and to understand the role of tools and stakeholders, who influence spatial planning. The outcome of this analysis will help formulate the characteristics of informal spatial planning: − Informal planning process or methods should not replace the existing spatial planning practice of that region, but informal planning should "facilitate formal process" of spatial planning (Reimer et al, 2014;Blotevogel et al, 2014;Briassoulis, 1997;Leibenath et al, 2016;McFarlane et al, 2012;Needham, 2005;Scholl, 2017); − Informal planning adds "flexibility" in the spatial planning process, which allows the planners to focus on a specific problem (Reimer et al, 2014;Getimis & Giannakourou, 2014;Getimis et al, 2014;Newman & Thornley, 1996;Mäntysalo et al, 2015); − Informal spatial planning can help in achieving matured results with the help of "discourses" (Reimer et al, 2014;Getimis & Giannakourou, 2014;North, n.d.;Certomà, 2017;Sartorio, 2005;Syssner & Meijer, 2017;Papamichail & Perić, 2017;Carmona, 2017;Leibenath et al, 2016;Roy, 2009); − Informal planning could also be an "ad hoc" system that is used whenever needed (Blotevogel et al, 2014;Getimis & Giannakourou, 2014;Briassoulis, 1997;Reimer, 2013;Assche et al, 2012); − Informal spatial planning requires a degree of "innovation" to continuously face the challenges of planning (Reimer et al, 2014;Getimis et al, 2014;Roy, 2009;Certomà, 2017;Scholl, 2017); − Informal planning method is a "non-traditional method" of spatial planning, which is not influenced by hierarchy culture of planning…”

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The Process of Informal Spatial Planning: A Literature Overview

Mishra

2019

Baltic Journal of Real Estate Economics and Construction Management

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For years now, spatial planners have played a vital role in managing and balancing the different interests of a wide range of stakeholders in a specific region. With the help of formal and informal instruments, the design of spatial plans is created, but sometimes there are either flaws or gaps in the plans by which the stakeholders would have benefitted. It is important to witness the changes being made in the pattern of planning and analyse the suggestions being made by the intellectual involved. In this article, existing scientific literature has been reviewed, as well as dynamic and comparative analysis and synthesis techniques have mainly been employed for the study. The aim of this article is to study the spatial planning practices in Europe and analyse the governance in spatial planning, which as a result shows different planning modes. With the help of literature, formulating the characteristics of informal planning is an eccentric part of this analysis to understand the direction of development in formal institutions. Test planning process is analysed using the ten characteristics of informal formal planning. From the best practice perspective, decision making in spatial planning must be decentralised, and the tools of spatial planning must be less binding, which has been broadly practiced in Switzerland. The outcome of the research will help avoid floccinaucinihilipilification in spatial planning.

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Just a talking shop? – Informal participatory spatial planning for implementing state wind energy targets in Germany

Cited by 40 publications

References 29 publications

The politics of energy landscapes: the influence of local anti-wind initiatives on state policies in Saxony, Germany

The politics of energy landscapes: the influence of local anti-wind initiatives on state policies in Saxony, Germany

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The Process of Informal Spatial Planning: A Literature Overview

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