Improving institutions for green landscapes in metropolitan areas

Improving institutions for green landscapes in metropolitan areas

Van Rij, H.E.

Korthals Altes, W.K. (promotor)
Zevenbergen, J.A. (promotor)

OTB

2008-12-12

Dutch city dwellers take accessible green areas for granted. They might easily forget that considerable resources and regulations have been applied to protect and improve these areas. This dissertation considers the implications if, in line with the neo-liberalization of the state, this approach changes. A multi-theory approach based on Grounded Theory was developed as a methodological basis to the investigation. The limited applicability of Transaction Cost Theory was also explored. The analysis addresses why in many cases, cross-subsidizing green areas with built developments is not a viable financing solution. It explains why a combination of hierarchical and network-oriented approaches works best in practice. It investigates tensions between strategic spatial planning, operational spatial planning, and operational land development and their consequences for green metropolitan areas. It also explains why "Slow Planning" can help to preserve dynamic green areas near cities, and why this requires incremental institutional change.

planning
the Netherlands
green areas
institutions
transaction cost theory
urban containment

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a1e48ac4-5249-44b3-ae05-7bb13951620e

IOS Press

978-1-58603-944-8

Sustainable Urban Areas 25

Institutional Repository

doctoral thesis

(c) 2008 H.E. van Rij and IOS Press