Playing by the rules? Analysing incremental urban developments

Karnenbeek, Lilian van; Janssen-Jansen, Leonie

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.12.021

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“…This is also supported by the pilot managers ambitions of diversifying the FRMS through the pilot projects (i.e., small incremental improvements were expected in mitigation and preparedness). This aligns with planning literature, which emphasizes that planning practices are more adaptive (adjust to changing circumstances) and incremental (gradual changes) than often assumed by scholars proposing 'new' planning approaches [56,57]. The interviews in our study showed that stakeholders learning capacities improved as a result of the pilot projects.…”

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Adaptive Capacities for Diversified Flood Risk Management Strategies: Learning from Pilot Projects

Cosoveanu

Buijs

Bakker

et al. 2019

Water

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Diversification of flood risk management strategies (FRMS) in response to climate change relies on the adaptive capacities of institutions. Although adaptive capacities enable flexibility and adjustment, more empirical research is needed to better grasp the role of adaptive capacities to accommodate expected climate change effects. This paper presents an analytical framework based on the Adaptive Capacity Wheel (ACW) and Triple-loop Learning. The framework is applied to evaluate the adaptive capacities that were missing, employed, and developed throughout the ‘Alblasserwaard-Vijfheerenlanden’ (The Netherlands) and the ‘Wesermarsch’ (Germany) pilot projects. Evaluations were performed using questionnaires, interviews, and focus groups. From the 22 capacities of ACW, three capacities were identified important for diversifying the current FRMS; the capacity to develop a greater variety of solutions, continuous access to information about diversified FRMS, and collaborative leadership. Hardly any capacities related to ‘learning’ and ‘governance’ were mentioned by the stakeholders. From a further reflection on the data, we inferred that the pilot projects performed single-loop learning (incremental learning: ‘are we doing what we do right?’), rather than double-loop learning (reframing: ‘are we doing the right things?’). As the development of the framework is part of ongoing research, some directions for improvement are highlighted.

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Adaptive Capacities for Diversified Flood Risk Management Strategies: Learning from Pilot Projects

Cosoveanu

Buijs

Bakker

et al. 2019

Water

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“…Partly as a response to the perceived failures of downstream implementation of participatory mechanisms, an increasing amount of citizens' initiatives step up to deal with (local) urban planning issues themselves (Healey 2015;Fung 2015;Van Meerkerk, Boonstra, and Edelenbos 2013). Citizen-initiated urban developments are often associated with 'organic development strategies ' (Van Karnenbeek and Janssen-Jansen 2018) which entail an open-ended plan, a greater role for smaller private actors and an enabling role for government (Buitelaar and Bregman 2016). When these novel planning ideas are implemented the development process inherently become a process of cocreation, that on one hand is described as fuzzy and complex (Boelens and de Roo 2014) and, on the other hand, as evolving in an incremental way (Van Karnenbeek and Janssen-Jansen 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

A new role for citizens’ initiatives: the difficulties in co-creating institutional change in urban planning

Bisschops

Beunen

2018

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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In this paper, we analyze the institutional work that underlies the attempt to institutionalize a more active role of citizens in urban planning. We draw on a case in which a group of citizens aims to redevelop a brownfield site into a vital urban area. This citizens' initiative is co-creating a new form of urban planning with the municipality, private organizations and individual citizens. The study shows how citizens' initiatives can be a driver for institutional change, but that uncertainties about new institutions tend to reinforce the maintenance of existing ones. This paradox explains why even if the ambition for a new form of planning is widely shared, actually realizing institutional change can still be difficult and time-consuming.

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“…Because all the actors are government organizations, formal rules are enacted as laws or regulations. Focus therefore, revolved around the informal rules that are molded by norms and behaviors [76]. Informal rules can be combined with formal ones, which can then restrict how actors interact and make decisions.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Because Thai government organizations evaluated their performance twice a year, the satisfaction of their partners with communication should be used as a performance criterion. As van Karnenbeek and Janssen-Jansen [76] explained, informal rules are "the rules that are shaped by norms and behavior". Therefore, when actors communicate intensively, they gradually become accustomed to this behavior, which slowly becomes the norm for them.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, the synchronization of activities intensifies the involvement of other actors, underscoring the necessity of ensuring systematic and effective cooperation. As noted by Ajzen [76], that if actors consider a situation unmanageable or if they have insufficient control over actions, the likelihood of cooperation can diminish.…”

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Cooperation Intensity for Effective Policy Development and Implementation: A Case Study of Thailand’s Alternative Energy Development Plan

Chenboonthai

Watanabe

2019

Energies

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This research examined cooperation among core Thai government organizations involved in achieving the energy-from-waste (EFW) targets stipulated in the country’s 2015 Alternative Energy Development Plan (AEDP). To this end, we used the institutional analysis and development (IAD) framework to illuminate the intricacies of such collaboration, which reflects interactions that flow logically from the decisions and measures taken by actors as they deliberate over relevant situations. Data were obtained mainly from government documents and in-depth interviews with employees of the collaborators that are directly involved in the development and implementation of AEDP 2015. The concept of cooperation intensity was used to inquire into the cooperative interactions of the aforementioned government organizations and analyze the factors and conditions that influence these actors’ decision to work with one another. We focused on the effects of institutions on cooperation under the AEDP policy process. To strengthen the novelty of this work, we categorized cooperation intensity into five levels, which can serve as guidance in the evaluation and improvement of collaborative endeavors. These levels are reflected in collaboration through (1) the pursuit of common goals and mutual benefits, (2) the pooling of resources, (3) the sharing of responsibilities, (4) the synchronization of activities, and (5) the monitoring of partners. Using the proposed cooperation intensity levels, we identified the following causes of ineffective cooperation: Differences in perceptions of problems related to municipal solid waste (MSW) and the prioritization of solutions put forward by the individual actors; the actors’ commitment to different solutions; the inconsistency among responsibilities, actions, and control over the expected outcomes of the actors; the failure of the actors to clarify and synchronize related and duplicate policy activities; and the unwillingness of the actors to undergo checking and monitoring. Overcoming these problems necessitates the enhancement of communication, which would reinforce cooperation given that effective communication leads to perfect information and an improved understanding of other actors.

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Playing by the rules? Analysing incremental urban developments

Cited by 30 publications

References 31 publications

Adaptive Capacities for Diversified Flood Risk Management Strategies: Learning from Pilot Projects

Adaptive Capacities for Diversified Flood Risk Management Strategies: Learning from Pilot Projects

A new role for citizens’ initiatives: the difficulties in co-creating institutional change in urban planning

Cooperation Intensity for Effective Policy Development and Implementation: A Case Study of Thailand’s Alternative Energy Development Plan

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