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Public Design of Urban Sprawl: Governments and the Extension of the Urban Fabric in Flanders and the Netherlands
[Zeitschriftenartikel]
Abstract Urban sprawl is often portrayed as a (quasi-)natural process, as inevitable and taking place behind our backs. However, we claim that it is co-produced by government: Governments not only allow sprawl to happen, but often also incentivise and stimulate it, either knowingly or unintentionally. We sub... mehr
Urban sprawl is often portrayed as a (quasi-)natural process, as inevitable and taking place behind our backs. However, we claim that it is co-produced by government: Governments not only allow sprawl to happen, but often also incentivise and stimulate it, either knowingly or unintentionally. We substantiate this claim by comparing urban development and government institutions in Flanders (Belgium) to the Netherlands, two neighbouring territories, yet very different regarding this matter. Urban development in the Netherlands is considered orderly and compact, whereas in Flanders it is considered haphazard and sprawled. Urban planning, too, could not be more different. Strong national planning and an active local land policy characterise Dutch planning, while the opposite applies to Flanders. Although these images seem largely accurate, we argue that it is very particular government institutions in both countries that (help) create and reproduce the various degrees of urban sprawl.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Stadtentwicklung; Zersiedlung; Landnutzung; Raumplanung; Stadtplanung; Bodenpolitik; Niederlande; Belgien
Klassifikation
Raumplanung und Regionalforschung
Freie Schlagwörter
Flanders; discourses; government institutions; public design; urban fabric
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2020
Seitenangabe
S. 46-57
Zeitschriftentitel
Urban Planning, 5 (2020) 1
Heftthema
Comparative Planning, Learning and Evolving Governance
ISSN
2183-7635
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)