Delivering Planning Objectives through Regional-Based Land-Use Planning and Land Policy Instruments: An Assessment of Recent Experiences in the Dutch Provinces

Fennie M van Straalen, Leonie B Janssen-Jansen and Adri van den Brink
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Fennie M van Straalen: Environmental Sciences, Land Use Planning Group, Wageningen UR, PO Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
Leonie B Janssen-Jansen: Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130, 1018 VZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Adri van den Brink: Environmental Sciences, Land Use Planning Group, Wageningen UR, PO Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands

Environment and Planning C, 2014, vol. 32, issue 3, 567-584

Abstract: This paper evaluates the extent to which the introduction of four new regional planning and land policy instruments in the Netherlands improves the delivery of regional planning objectives. On the basis of case-study research, we identify why and to what extent the Dutch regional authorities—the provinces—have adopted these new instruments and assess whether or not the instruments offer opportunities for improving the delivery of regional planning objectives. The study shows that regional policies and plans are often implemented without consideration of their consequences for national or local planning objectives. As a result, the instruments may not address current policy delivery needs, and may even compound local policy failures. We conclude that the use of such instruments should be accompanied by a more thorough discussion of regional planning tasks and objectives, and a debate on the role of regional authorities within the multilevel governance setting.

Keywords: land policy; planning objectives delivery; regional planning; regional-based land development instruments; the Netherlands (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1068/c1277

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