Entangled in scales

Multilevel Governance Challenges for Regional Planning Strategies

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7366699
AutoresF M Van Straalen (autor de correspondencia), Patrick Witte (0000-0003-2256-1573)
Año2018
Volumen5
Número1
Páginas157-163
Fecha de publicación2018-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaRegional Studies Regional Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2168-1376 • E-ISSN: 2168-1376
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/21681376.2018.1455533
OpenAlexW2807690823
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas21

The academic discourse considers the regional scale as an important planning level to provide for spatial objectives that transcend the boundaries of local authorities. Nonetheless, the problem-solving capacity of the regional planning level is still questioned by both academics and practitioners. This paper studies the tension between formal and informal regional governance and its practical challenges for two cases of Dutch provinces struggling with their position in regional governance networks. These cases entail pan-European development (Trans-European Transport Networks – TEN-T) and regional land development (Bloemendalerpolder). It was found that at the metropolitan scale, formal regional planning powers tend to overrule socially produced regional governance arrangements. Simultaneously, regional planning powers lack support of these socially produced arrangements for their interventions. At the same time, at the supra-regional scale, provinces are a logical stakeholder to fulfil a prominent role in regional governance, but often lack the institutional capacity to act as such. We therefore argue that regional planning authorities need to be granted the power and capacity to take up a more centripetal, intermediate role in governance arrangements. This would provide them more capacity to act in disentangling the difficult practical challenges of scalar problems that many regional governance arrangements currently face

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