Planning in Rurbania: rural policy and the planning system in Norway

Harvold, Kjell; Nordahl, Berit

doi:10.3828/tpr.2012.12

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“…In Norway, many scholars agree that there currently is a fragmented management structure in which a multitude of actors are involved in urban management, while there is no strict judicial hierarchical binding between the governmental levels. As Harvold and Nordahl (2012) argued, this introduces some freedom and flexibility into the Norwegian system, although the hierarchical/government's logic still plays a dominating role in regional-local development (Hanssen et al 2011). Therefore, this paper acknowledges that in order to understand governance, the governmental priorities and power structures within a multi-level system should be investigated.…”

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Exploring the Impact of Complex Multi-Level Governance Structures on the Societal Contribution of Universities to Knowledge-Based Urban Development

2019

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The current debate aims to reconceptualize the changing role and missions of the university in today’s knowledge economy and investigate how universities’ knowledge resources can benefit urban development and inform the direction of changes in universities. However, there is a lack of empirical studies exploring how governance networks and the institutional conditions of universities in specific contexts can support, limit and/or incentivize the integration of academic activities into societal development. There is a discussion of the various and paradoxical components of university transformation (institutional and physical), affecting their societal contribution, which conceptualizes a holistic and integrated approach towards governance that previously has not been fully investigated. This paper will examine the co-location case of university campuses in Trondheim to explore the implications of a multilevel governance network for achieving the goals of sustainable and knowledge-based urban development. This paper suggests that engineering effective governance is challenging and that factors related to the culture of the institution and their connecting strategies, government priorities, and temporal factors have a great influence on universities’ contribution to their societies. While investigating governance in this topic requires political, cultural, and periodic review, focusing on the interactions of governance multi-layers, this paper concludes that governments’ control functions or some moderate hierarchical coordination is necessary to avoid the failure of university governance and unbalanced societal contributions.

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Exploring the Impact of Complex Multi-Level Governance Structures on the Societal Contribution of Universities to Knowledge-Based Urban Development

2019

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“…The adoption of cultural planning is part of a more general pattern of policy transfer (Healey 2012, Sanyal et al 2012, in which also planning practice in Norway follows the shifts in planning theory in Western societies (Harvold and Nordahl 2012). However, planning theory and theories of cultural planning are primarily developed in urban settings, and it is claimed that 'the international planning research, both in Europe and the US, to a large degree overflows into urban research' (Kleven et al 2011, p. 79 [my translation]).…”

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Is culture-led redevelopment relevant for rural planners? The risk of adopting urban theories in rural settings

Cruickshank

2016

International Journal of Cultural Policy

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In the paper, the author argues that cultural strategies and theories about urban planning may be irrelevant or even counterproductive outside urban and suburban contexts. In many rural settings the problem is not the destruction of the cultural heritage or how to counterbalance the influence from corporate interests, but rather the absence of such interests in the first place. From a study of two rural municipalities in southern Norway, the author demonstrates that culture-led strategies may be more of a distraction than an instrument for creating economic growth. Measured by the common goals for rural development in Norway, the cultural strategy has only been a success in one of the cases, whereas in the other case ideas about culture-led redevelopment have not prevented economic and demographic decline. The author concludes that while culture can be instrumental in creating growth in rural municipalities, it might also hamper their development.

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“…The higher level plans still are expected to inform planning at the lower levels. The lack of hierarchical bindings brings some freedom and flexibility into the Norwegian system (Harvold and Nordahl, 2012). Local councils have decision-making power in land-use matters.…”

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Planning for Polycentricity: The Development of a Regional Plan for the Oslo Metropolitan Area

Bergsli

Harvold

2018

SJPA

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Polycentricity has become a principle of strategic regional planning in order to con- centrate land use and optimise infrastructure. This paper discusses the possibilities and challenges for a polycentric strategy in relation to Norwegian regional planning. The focus is on the spatial strategy in The regional plan for land use and transport for Oslo and Akershus, and its reception among local authorities, upon which the plan’s implemen- tation depends. We have studied the plan’s aims and principles in relation to the interests of municipal and district councils as these are communicated in consultative statements in the planning process. The plan aims to increase competitiveness, sustainability, efficient land-use and transport in the region. Polycentric principles are favoured in order to ensure territorial cohesion based on the aims. Even though the plan is generally supported, local authorities point to the risk of intra-regional competition, unequal resource distribution, and unsustainable densification in regional centres. These are challenges that may hamper the sustainable development of the Oslo metropolitan area.

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Planning in Rurbania: rural policy and the planning system in Norway

Cited by 8 publications

References 2 publications

Exploring the Impact of Complex Multi-Level Governance Structures on the Societal Contribution of Universities to Knowledge-Based Urban Development

Exploring the Impact of Complex Multi-Level Governance Structures on the Societal Contribution of Universities to Knowledge-Based Urban Development

Is culture-led redevelopment relevant for rural planners? The risk of adopting urban theories in rural settings

Planning for Polycentricity: The Development of a Regional Plan for the Oslo Metropolitan Area

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