Crossing borders with planners and developers and the limits of lesson-drawing

As a result of new legislation and regulations, changing governance structures and other trends such as globalisation spatial planning and development practices change. Although many countries face the same trends, these are often translated on a tailor-made basis into planning practice. Can we learn from each other? In this paper we compare...

Mega-event strategy as a tool of urban transformation: Sydney's experience

Mega-event strategies and their impact on host cities have drawn increasing interest, as organising large-scale urban events has become part of a deliberate urban policy strategy to promote local economic growth and put the host city on the world agenda. Thus far, the research addressing what strategies can be adopted and to what extent the...

The concept of red-for-green in the Netherlands

Dutch spatial planning policy and practice are moving towards a more balanced and – even more than before – comprehensive approach of spatial developments (Ministry of VROM et al., 2004). Together with trends such as the public cuts in housing and agricultural budgets, new partnerships between public and private stakeholders in spatial planning,...

Legitimacy of national government involvement of urban (re)development: Evidence from the Dutch 'key projects'

Urban (re)development is usually the responsibility of local government, but there are local projects which generate large national welfare effects and where national government is directly involved. However, while national government involvement in local (re)development can be legitimised theoretically, evidence from the Netherlands, France and...

Meta-governance and developing integrative territorial strategies: The case of MIRT territorial agendas in the Randstad (Netherlands)

Regional integrative territorial strategies in regional development and governance: A closer look at the Dutch MIRT territorial agenda