Addressing Goal Conflicts: New Policy Mixes for Commercial Land Use Management

Hannah Kosow, Sandra Wassermann, Stephan Bartke, Paul Goede, Detlef Grimski, Ines Imbert, Till Jenssen, Oliver Laukel, Matthias Proske, Jochen Protzer, Kim Philip Schumacher, Stefan Siedentop, Sandra Wagner-Endres, Jürgen Wittekind and Karsten Zimmermann
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Hannah Kosow: ZIRIUS Center for Interdisciplinary Risk and Innovation Studies, University of Stuttgart, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany
Sandra Wassermann: ZIRIUS Center for Interdisciplinary Risk and Innovation Studies, University of Stuttgart, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany
Paul Goede: ILS—Research Institute for Regional and Urban Development & County Government, 48143 Münster, Germany
Detlef Grimski: German Environment Agency, 06844 Dessau-Roßlau, Germany
Ines Imbert: European Institute for Energy Research, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
Till Jenssen: Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector Baden-Württemberg, 70182 Stuttgart, Germany
Oliver Laukel: Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Northern Black Forest, 75173 Pforzheim, Germany
Matthias Proske: Regional Association Northern Black Forest, 75172 Pforzheim, Germany
Jochen Protzer: Economic Development Corporation of the Northern Black Forest, 75172 Pforzheim, Germany
Kim Philip Schumacher: Institute of Geography, Osnabrück University, 49074 Osnabrück, Germany
Stefan Siedentop: ILS—Research Institute for Regional and Urban Development & County Government, 48143 Münster, Germany
Sandra Wagner-Endres: German Institute of Urban Affairs, 10969 Berlin, Germany
Jürgen Wittekind: Institut Raum und Energie, 22880 Wedel, Germany
Karsten Zimmermann: Faculty of Spatial Planning, Department of European Planning Cultures, TU Dortmund University, 44227 Dortmund, Germany

Land, 2022, vol. 11, issue 6, 1-26

Abstract: Commercial land use management that focuses on a future-oriented urban and regional development must address multiple goals. Effective policy mixes need to simultaneously (1) improve city-regional and inter-municipal cooperation, (2) reduce land take, and (3) assure the long-term economic development of a region. Using the Northern Black Forest in Germany as a case study, we brought together planning and land use research with public policy analysis. We applied cross-impact balances (CIB) to build and analyze a participatory policy-interaction model. Together with a group of 12 experts, we selected effective individual measures to reach each of the three goals and analyzed their interactions. We then assessed the current policy mix and designed alternative policy mixes. The results demonstrate that current approaches to commercial land use management present internal contradictions and generate only little synergies. Implementing innovative measures on a stand-alone basis runs the risk of not being sufficiently effective. In particular, the current practice of competing for municipal marketing and planning of commercial sites has inhibiting effects. We identified alternative policy mixes that achieve all three goals, avoid trade-offs, and generate significant synergy effects. Our results point towards a more coherent and sustainable city-regional (commercial) land-use governance.

Keywords: commercial area; land use governance; city-regional governance; goal conflict; cross-impact balances CIB; policy mix; policy design; policy coherence; urban and regional development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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