Innovative governance of sustainable urban development: A comparative analysis

Innovative governance of sustainable urban development: A comparative analysis

Vernay, A.L.
Pandis, S.
Salcedo Rahola, T.B.
Ravesteijn, W.

OTB Research Institute for the Built Environment

OTB onderzoek

2010-12-31

More than half of the world population lives in urban areas concentrating and increasing the magnitude of social and environmental impacts. The potential role of cities in a transition to a sustainable society started to be widely recognized after the 1992 Rio conference where the Agenda 21 program was signed. Since then, a number of urban developments that aim to be sustainable have been and are being implemented worldwide. Numerous research efforts have been done in order to assess how sustainable these developments are, but too little is understood regarding the process of how they actually came (or come) about. In fact, sustainable urban developments require innovative governance arrangements in their planning and implementation. However, there is not one best way to go about and different arrangements may emerge in different contexts. In this paper we are going to analyze two innovative governance arrangements: Hammarby Sjöstad, a district in Stockholm and EVALanxmeer in Culemborg (the Netherlands). By doing this analysis, we seek to understand why certain governance arrangements are chosen for and what the implications of these choices are. Conclusions and recommendations will be formulated as to the approach and process of constructing and transforming to eco-cities.

sustainable urban development
governance
comparison

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EURA

EURA conference "Understanding City Dynamics", Darmstadt, Germany, 24-26 September 2010

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