Contracting communities

Conceptualizing Community Benefits Agreements to improve citizen involvement in urban development projects

Bibliographic Data

ID4139414
AuthorsLeonie B Janssen-Jansen (WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY, THE NETHERLANDS), Leonie Janssen-Jansen (Wageningen University & Research, corresponding author), Menno Van Der Veen (University of Amsterdam/Tertium, the Netherlands)
Year2017
Volume49
Issue1
Pages205-225
Publication date2017-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0308518x16664730
OpenAlexW2512350615
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited52

Contractual agreements are becoming increasingly important for city governments seeking to manage urban development. Contractual governance involves direct relations between the local state and different public and private actors and citizens. Although abundant literature exists on public-private partnerships related to urban development projects, agreements made between citizens, interest organizations and market parties, such as Community Benefits Agreements remain under-explored and under-theorized. While it may seem that the state is absent from contemporary forms of contractual governance, such agreements remain highly intertwined with government policies. The central aim of this paper is to better conceptualize Community Benefits Agreement practices in order to build understanding of how contractual governance caters for direct end-user involvement in urban development, and to yield insights into its potential as to render development processes more inclusive. Based on academic literature in planning and law, expert interviews and several case studies in New York City, this paper conceptualizes end-user involvement in urban development projects and innovates within urban planning and governance theory through the use of two new concepts-project collectivity and the image of a fourth chair

Business · Collaborative governance · Corporate governance · Political science · Public participation · Public relations · Urban planning · Engineering · Public Administration · Public-Private Partnership Projects · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Urban Planning and Governance · Finance

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