The influence of citizen participation in the decision-making processes of regional energy transitions: An embedded case-study of municipalities in the energy region Holland Rijnland in the Netherlands

This research focusses on the decision-making processes of energy regions regarding the energy transition in The Netherlands. The Netherlands has ratified the Climate Agreement in 2019, which thirty energy regions combined need to put in their efforts to reach the target of producing 35 TWh in 2030. One of the key elements in the energy regions...

The relevance of in-between: repositioning the role of the urban and peri-urban of the Dutch Flanders region into the larger transition of the Scheldt Delta

The region of Dutch Flanders is facing several challenges related to regional imbalances and perception of decline. It is located in between the Scheldt river estuary and the region of Flanders in Belgium which is providing unique opportunities, but also causing frictions and risk. Its peri-urban and urban areas under pressure are located in...

Governing regional energy transitions?: A case study addressing metagovernance of thirty energy regions in the Netherlands

There is increasing scholarly and policy attention to energy transition at the regional scale. This perspective article presents empirical insights from the Netherlands, a frontrunner that has been experimenting with, formulating and scaling regional energy strategies to thirty ‘energy regions’, with the goal of these regions contributing to the...

Governing regional energy transitions? A case study addressing meta-governance of thirty energy regions in the Netherlands*

Governance and power in the metropolitan regions of the Randstad

This chapter focuses on the nature and powers of governance arrangements in two Dutch metropolitan areas, both situated in the Randstad: the Metropolitan Region Amsterdam (Metropoolregio Amsterdam) and the Metropolitan Region Rotterdam The Hague (Metropoolregio Rotterdam Den Haag ). It considers the power of process by analysing the actor...

The use of process management for addressing different perceptions in formulating the ‘Energiestrategie regio Rotterdam Den Haag’

Introduction. To contribute to the reduction of global warming, The Netherlands signed the Paris Agreement on 12-12-2015, which dictates that in 2030, a reduction of 55% in CO¬2 emissions compared to 1990 must be achieved (P. Boot et al., 2016; Sociaal-Economische Raad, 2013). To meet these goals, several Dutch regions started their Regional...

Transformations of Planning Rationales: Changing Spaces for Governance in Recent Dutch National Planning

Dutch national planning has acquired an international reputation because it provides strong planning guidance while simultaneously being responsive to the particular spatial and political circumstances of different regions and areas. Spatial concepts, like the Randstad, are important vehicles for sustaining this approach. Such concepts...

Regions: Administrative level or void?: Case study on the emergence and implementation of regional arrangements on housing provision after Wgr-plus

Preference or policy?: A study to investigate factors that influence the preference and behaviour of first time buyers

First time buyers have an important role on the housing market. First time buyers namely determine a large proportion of the movements on the owner occupied market (Marwijk, Pellenbarg, & Ruiter, 2014, p. 7) and are necessary to create liquidity at the lower end of the owner occupied market (Neuteboom & Brounen, 2007). Currently first time...

Issues of governance in water resource management and spatial planning

This paper describes governance arrangements in regional spatial planning and water resources management at the regional level from a normative point of view. It discusses the need to integrate spatial planning and resources management in order to deliver socially sustainable integral territorial management. To accomplish this, the Metropolitan...

Design in the context of fragmented regional governance: Studio South Wing (abstract + presentation)

In European regions, such as the Randstad Holland, emerging patterns of interaction and movement result in increasing spatial fragmentation. This development creates enormous challenges for the governance of territories. Classic forms of government, based upon clear-cut divisions in terms of administrative levels, policy sectors and the public...