scholarly journals Implementing energy policies in urban development projects: The role of public planning authorities in Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands

2018 ◽  
Vol 76 ◽  
pp. 275-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens-Phillip Petersen ◽  
Erwin Heurkens
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Energy Policies

scholarly journals Consultants as intermediaries: Their perceptions on citizen involvement in urban development

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
EW Stapper ◽  
M Van der Veen ◽  
LB Janssen-Jansen
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Q Methodology ◽  
Black Box ◽  
Citizen Involvement ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Insight Into

Planning consultants are increasingly hired to organize citizen participation processes for urban development projects. However, the ways in which planning consultants engage in and perceive the involvement of citizens in urban development projects remain relatively understudied. This article opens the black box of consultancy employees’ perceptions toward citizens in urban development processes. Employees from two consultancy firms in the Netherlands were interviewed, and several focus groups were organized. This research shows that consultants have wide-ranging views concerning the ways of incorporating citizens’ interests in urban development projects. With the use of Q-methodology, a typology of how consultants engage with citizens is proposed. Furthermore, we show that the different perceptions of consultants lead to a different approach in identifying the needs and problems of citizens. This finding gives insight into the context in which decisions about urban development are made.

scholarly journals Power, Public Authority, and Place: The Changing but Critical Role of the Architectural Profession

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Weber ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Power Structure ◽  
Public Authority ◽  
Architectural Education ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Metropolitan City ◽  
Opera House

The paper examines the nature of the power structure in a large metropolitan city, as it relates to the role of the architectural profession in the urban development process. The increasingly complex regulatory and technological influences generate interactive processes in the case of large development projects; these are reviewed in the case of three projects in Sydney – the Olympic 2000 site, Circular Quay East adjoining the Opera House, and the Casino. The paper addresses the implications for architectural education of contemporary processes, and whether, in the words of the conference chair, they have contributed to a “subverting” of the conventions of place.

The adaptation of design thinking in auditing

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda MEIJER-WASSENAAR ◽  
Diny VAN EST
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Public Organizations ◽  
Design Framework ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Way

How can a supreme audit institution (SAI) use design thinking in auditing? SAIs audit the way taxpayers’ money is collected and spent. Adding design thinking to their activities is not to be taken lightly. SAIs independently check whether public organizations have done the right things in the right way, but the organizations might not be willing to act upon a SAI’s recommendations. Can you imagine the role of design in audits? In this paper we share our experiences of some design approaches in the work of one SAI: the Netherlands Court of Audit (NCA). Design thinking needs to be adapted (Dorst, 2015a) before it can be used by SAIs such as the NCA in order to reflect their independent, autonomous status. To dive deeper into design thinking, Buchanan’s design framework (2015) and different ways of reasoning (Dorst, 2015b) are used to explore how design thinking can be adapted for audits.

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