Bringing central regulation and local governance interaction together

The case of the Markermeer-IJmeer Natura 2000 area

Conference paper (2013)
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OTB (Architecture and the Built Environment) (TU Delft)
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Spatial planning Governance Natura 2000 Contextualisation of regulation
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09-06-2013

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Proceedings of AESOP-ACSP Joint Congress "Planning for Resilient Cities and Regions", Dublin, Ireland, 15-19 July 2013

Faculty

Architecture and The Built Environment

Department

OTB

Abstract

This paper draws attention to a case in which Natura 2000 regulation, problematic ecological conditions, governance congestion and the aim to develop large urban projects are to go hand in hand in the soft space of the Markermeer-IJmeer area, a 30 by 25 km lake in the centre of the Netherlands. The key interest is how central regulation is interpreted and bended to fit local interactive patterns. This is referred to as the contextualization of legal norms (Rijswick & Salet 2012). Contextualization aims to bring regulatory and governance steering philosophies together, rather than traditionally separating them. This requires certain characteristics from both the central legislation and the governance arrangements on the local level. By analyzing the case of the Markermeer-IJmeer, in which over 80 different stakeholders are somehow involved, this paper aims to show under what conditions central regulation can contribute to creative governance solutions.

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