Market-Oriented Urban Planning – Constraining Citizen Participation

Bibliographic Data

ID6301654
AuthorsGro Sandkjær Hanssen (0000-0001-8981-9669), Eva Irene Falleth (Norwegian University of Life Sciences)
Year2014
Volume40
Issue3
Pages403-428
Publication date2014-05-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLocal Government Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0300-3930 • E-ISSN: 1743-9388
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03003930.2013.834254
OpenAlexW1980066386
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited51

Urban planning in Norway can be characterised as market oriented, with responsibilities for the formulation of planning largely delegated to private developers. Even though the principle of citizen participation has a strong and longstanding tradition in Norway, the market-oriented practices challenge the ability of citizens to influence their spatial surroundings. Based on broad surveys and qualitative case studies, this article maps the attitudes of developers, councillors and planners towards citizen participation and studies the strategies of local community associations. Our analysis shows that developers value citizen participation to a much lesser degree than councillors and planners, which can explain the lack of participatory channels in early phases. Official avenues for participation occur later, primarily through hearings. Local associations find this to be too late, characterising urban planning as a path dependent process; as a consequence, local associations attempt to influence planning processes in a more informal way by contacting councillors directly

Business · Citizen journalism · Civil engineering · Community participation · Norwegian · Political science · Public relations · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Urban planning · Zoning · Engineering · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · Urban Planning and Governance

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