Going Dutch? The export of sustainable land-use and transport planning concepts from the Netherlands

Dorina Pojani and Dominic Stead
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Dorina Pojani: Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
Dominic Stead: Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands

Urban Studies, 2015, vol. 52, issue 9, 1558-1576

Abstract: The Netherlands is often viewed as a world model of urban planning and sustainable transport practices. This article reports on a study which charts the planning policy transfer activity between the Netherlands and other countries. The study reveals that many foreign ‘policy tourists’ are impressed and inspired by Dutch planning achievements. However, policy transfer efforts based on Dutch examples of planning have rarely resulted in concrete actions or hard outcomes abroad. Contextual differences in culture, social setup, language, planning legislation and financial resources, as well as the failure to involve political elites in transfer processes, are potential obstacles to embedding Dutch planning policies elsewhere.

Keywords: land-use development; planning; policy transfer; sustainable transport; the Netherlands (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098014562326

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