Spatial justice and the NIMBY effect

An analysis of urban densification debate in Switzerland and the Netherlands

Abstract (2021)

Authors

T. Herdt Urban Design - Architecture and the Built Environment
Arend Jonkman Housing Management - Architecture and the Built Environment
Research Group
Urban Design (Architecture and the Built Environment) (TU Delft)
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Published Date

2021

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Department

Urbanism

Research Group

Urban Design

Abstract

What is seen as just in a society largely depends on public reasoning, which occurs in public debates. This paper analyses public debates around land use and densification in Switzerland and The Netherlands to understand how private and public interests interrelate in the tensions of urban growth. The paper is based on the hypothesis that while a consensus on the desirability of densification may exist in public, its implementation may cause direct tensions on a local level where it affects the quality of the immediate living environment. Therefore, insights into the acceptance of densification at a local level are considered important factors for successfully implementing densification projects.