Regulatory Power, Network Tools and Market Behaviour: Transforming Practices in Norwegian Urban Planning

Røsnes, August E.

doi:10.1080/1464935042000334958

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“…One is the duration of public ownership which often, similar to previous practice in, for example, the Netherlands and Norway (Priemus and Louw 2003;Van der Krabben and Jacobs 2013;Røsnes 2005), goes back beyond the land being deemed suitable for housing implementation. While this naturally also holds for countries where all land is formally publicly owned, such as China and Singapore, it contrasts with most housing development processes in Europe today where public land ownership, when existing, seems to be more temporary (Needham and Verhage 1998;Verhage 2001) and mainly just a part of the land assembly process prior to the planning and implementation (Louw 2008;Monk et al 2013).…”

Section: Deviating Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 93%

Municipal land allocations: integrating planning and selection of developers while transferring public land for housing in Sweden

Caesar

2015

J Hous and the Built Environ

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An essential component in all housing developments is suitable land. Besides being buildable, this implies land approved for housing in a marketable and consequently implementable location. Insufficient supply of suitable land to housing developers could affect the supply of housing. In Sweden, a lot of land appropriate for housing is owned-often since many years back-by municipalities and supplied to developers through the use of 'land allocations'. A land allocation connects a developer and a municipality in a interdependencybased collaboration intended to jointly create an implementable development right, followed by a land transfer. Using semi-structured interviews and questionnaires reaching a total of 26 municipalities and 91 developers, the Swedish land allocation system is investigated; results are presented with emphasis on requirements put on developers, its interaction with the planning process and on the different methods used to select a certain developer. Additionally, the system is reviewed from a developer perspective and put in an international context. While many countries make use of public land for housing, the article shows that the Swedish land allocation system deviates in several aspects and in spite of its long history, there are undoubtedly features considered less well functioning from the developer's point of view.

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Section: Deviating Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 93%

Municipal land allocations: integrating planning and selection of developers while transferring public land for housing in Sweden

Caesar

2015

J Hous and the Built Environ

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“…As a result, public-private partnerships and elitist networks have emerged as one preferred form of institutional arrangement (Goodwin & Painter, 1997), and networks and coalitions which have the power to act have been put in the driving-seat (Sehested, 2004). In Norway this tendency has been exacerbated by the reactive role of public planning authorities, who have transferred the planning initiative to private actors (Røsnes, 2005). Using the market as a regulator and giving responsibility for planning at the project level to private entrepreneurs has led to a fragmentation The data comes from a case study of citizen participation and urban planning in Tromsø conducted over a period of nearly ten years, paying particular attention to an experiment in urban planning and public participation that took place in 2005-2006, called "Project BY05" (the City Development Year).…”

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confidence: 98%

Network Governance in Contested Urban Landscapes

Nyseth

2008

Planning Theory & Practice

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Urban planning is one of the policy fields where new forms of governance are developing. The article focuses on governance networks as one emergent form of governance in urban planning. In governance literature, discourse networks are seen as a threat to representative democracy. This article argues that the consequences for democracy depend on the type of network that develops and its performance in relation to democratic norms. Governance networks are discussed through the lens of democratic network governance, the utility of which is explored as an analytical tool in a case study of urban planning in Norway. In this context a governance network was constructed as a response to market-orientated planning practice in order to enhance citizen participation and public debate. The aim of this article is to discuss the relevance of the theory of network governance relating it to new forms of participation in public planning processes. The study shows that governance networks could strengthen democracy, though important questions about meta-governance, however, remain unsolved. The article also shows that networks operating in an institutional vacuum tend to fail in institutional capacity building.

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“…First, changes in zoning can create the potential for compulsory purchase (see also Røsnes, 2005). Secondly, land…”

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confidence: 98%

“…However, other scholars believe that a strictly horizontal network approach falls short when it comes to implementation, and that a combination of hierarchical and networkorientated institutions may be needed (De Bruijn & Ten Heuvelhof, 2000;Van Bueren & Ten Heuvelhof, 2005, p. 63;Røsnes, 2005). There is an alternative to a hierarchical deterrence style, in which enforcement is based on maximising detection rate and sanction level.…”

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The Merits of Outmoded Planning Instruments for Improving Metropolitan Green Areas: The Midden-Delfland Approach

Rij

Altes

2008

Planning Theory & Practice

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Land consolidation is generally considered to be a slow planning instrument that does not fit with the present-day dynamics of green areas within the metropolitan domain. Other instruments are now being launched to plan metropolitan green areas. However, the land consolidation approach has been used in the Midden-Delfland region, and has made it possible to preserve and improve this metropolitan green area. This shows that "slow planning" can be an asset for preserving green areas. Moreover, the Midden-Delfland case exhibits a promising combination of collaborative planning and top-down project planning, indicating that different ways of influencing spatial developments, such as supporting spatial quality by carrying out contract works and maintenance, changing zones, and modifying land ownership, can be beneficial in practice.

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Regulatory Power, Network Tools and Market Behaviour: Transforming Practices in Norwegian Urban Planning

Cited by 18 publications

References 9 publications

Municipal land allocations: integrating planning and selection of developers while transferring public land for housing in Sweden

Municipal land allocations: integrating planning and selection of developers while transferring public land for housing in Sweden

Network Governance in Contested Urban Landscapes

The Merits of Outmoded Planning Instruments for Improving Metropolitan Green Areas: The Midden-Delfland Approach

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