Multiscalar Governance of Shrinkage in the Netherlands
Past, Present… Future
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22018455 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marco Bontje (0000-0002-8326-9528, University of Amsterdam, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Planning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2183-7635 • E-ISSN: 2183-7635 |
| Publisher | Cogitatio (PUBLISHER • PT) |
| DOI | 10.17645/up.7972 |
| OpenAlex | W4399063181 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 18 |
The extent of shrinkage in the Netherlands is rather limited so far. Still, the Netherlands was one of the first European countries that introduced a national-level policy for regions facing structural population decline and shrinkage in 2009: the Population Decline Action Plan. This happened in response to local and regional policy initiatives and a lobby of local and regional governments, but also because the Minister of the Interior perceived shrinkage as a national policy challenge. This action plan was an attempt to arrange a multiscalar governance of shrinkage at national, regional, and local scales. However, this policy ended in 2019, and its last remaining element, a targeted subsidy for regions facing structural population decline, ended in 2022. This article will discuss (a) how and why the policy was introduced and how its governance was arranged, (b) how the policy changed between 2009 and 2022, (c) why it ended, (d) which new regional policies have been developed recently instead, and (e) what this could mean for the governance of shrinkage in the Netherlands
Business · Corporate governance · Environmental resource management · Geography · Shrinkage · Computer Science · Environmental Science · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Urban Development and Cultural Heritage · Urbanization and City Planning · Finance
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |