Sustainable Urban Development and the Challenge of Policy Integration: An Assessment of Planning Tools for Integrating Spatial and Environmental Planning in the Netherlands

2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 417-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hens Runhaar ◽  
Peter P J Driessen ◽  
Laila Soer
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Environmental Planning ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Policy Integration ◽  
Planning Tools

Growing houses and trees: integrating biodiversity conservation and urbanisation

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 152-173
Author(s):  
Peter Williams
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Environmental Planning ◽  
New South ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Australian State ◽  
Planning Tools ◽  
Development Context ◽  
And Performance

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the framework, operation and prospects of two innovative planning tools – biobanking and biodiversity certification – to protect biodiversity in the context of urbanisation. Design/methodology/approach – Using the Australian State of New South Wales, and its capital Sydney, as a focus, the paper reviews the history and performance of the two planning tools selected for examination. Findings – Through its analysis, this paper supports the use of biobanking and biodiversity certification as tools at the disposal of planners which should be employed to augment the array of tools to manage the impacts on biodiversity of urban development. Indeed, these tools have the potential to increase the level of conserved biodiversity if used appropriately. Originality/value – Biobanking and biodiversity certification are, respectively, examples of market-based and strategic-based statutory planning mechanisms that can be used to protect biodiversity in an urban development context. Creative adaption of environmental planning laws is required to ensure effective implementation of these innovative planning tools. The relevant contemporary statutory enactments that have given effect to these mechanisms are examined in this paper.

scholarly journals Sustainable Cities in the Netherlands: Urban Green Spaces Management in Rotterdam

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-167
Author(s):  
Choerunisa Noor Syahid ◽  
Ayu Nova Lissandhi ◽  
Ayu Nova Lissandhi ◽  
Kurnia Novianti ◽  
Ayu Nova Lissandhi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Green Space ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Sustainable Cities ◽  
Spatial Management

One of the challenges of sustainable urban development is to provide a viable environment for the population following the function of space and community activities within it. Research on green space in the Netherlands is important as a response to the global environmental crisis as well as the realization of sustainable development. This research uses an interdisciplinary approach through the analysis of the phenomena of spatial management in the context of local-global sustainable urban development. An interdisciplinary approach is used because the issue of "sustainable cities" is multidimensional, so it takes more than one perspective in reviewing it, in this multidisciplinary research involved among other anthropology, urban social planning, and sociology. Based on the research problem formulated, the science perspectives are expected to answer the question of how space is interpreted, negotiated and become a vehicle for the distribution of sustainable development ideas. This dynamic also captures the context of green space management so that this study contributes to enriching theoretical studies on the construction of urban spaces. This research question is answered through qualitative methods of collecting primary data through interviews, focused discussions and observations, as well as searching related literature as secondary data. The result of this study found that the attention of the Dutch environmental policy has also regulated spatial management, primarily related to "space" as part of human activities and has environmental and social impacts. Spatial policy in the Dutch context is articulated as a place of negotiation embodied in the EU's global and regional collective consensus.

scholarly journals THE CITY AS A SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEM

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadezhda Bokareva ◽  
A. Dmitrieva
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Environmental Planning ◽  
Functional System ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Entire System ◽  
Sustainability Management ◽  
The City

The city is a multi functional system that combines the entire system of socio-ecological and economic development to fall territorial entities. In this regard, the formation of the principles of sustainable development of the city in modern conditions is one of the most important tasks. The article provides an understanding of the concept of sustainable urban development. The role of environmental planning in achieving sustainable urban development is justified. The principles of urban sustainability management are revealed.

scholarly journals Towards a More-than-Human Approach to Smart and Sustainable Urban Development: Designing for Multispecies Justice

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 948
Author(s):  
Walter Fieuw ◽  
Marcus Foth ◽  
Glenda Caldwell
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Studies ◽  
Environmental Planning ◽  
Common Interest ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Human Sensibility ◽  
Infrastructure Investments ◽  
Urban And Environmental Planning ◽  
Environmental Infrastructure

The term ‘sustainability’ has become an overused umbrella term that encompasses a range of climate actions and environmental infrastructure investments; however, there is still an urgent need for transformative reform work. Scholars of urban studies have made compelling cases for a more-than-human conceptualisation of urban and environmental planning and also share a common interest in translating theory into practical approaches and implications that recognise (i) our ecological entanglements with planetary systems and (ii) the urgent need for multispecies justice in the reconceptualisation of genuinely sustainable cities. More-than-human sensibility draws on a range of disciplines and encompasses conventional and non-conventional research methods and design approaches. In this article, we offer a horizon scan type of review of key posthuman and more-than-human literature sources at the intersection of urban studies and environmental humanities. The aim of this review is to (i) contribute to the emerging discourse that is starting to operationalise a more-than-human approach to smart and sustainable urban development, and; (ii) to articulate a nascent framework for more-than-human spatial planning policy and practice.

scholarly journals Achieving Sustainable Urban Development with an Ageing Population: An “Age-Friendly City and Community” Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8614
Author(s):  
Jianbo Han ◽  
Edwin Hon Wan Chan ◽  
Queena Kun Qian ◽  
Esther Hiu Kwan Yung
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Synergetic Effect ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Environmental Safety ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Policy Integration ◽  
City Governments

The ageing population tends to be seen as a burden of cities’ future development. Thus, the public funds for older residents’ wellbeing are at risk of being cut back under the economic austerity due to the prevalent neoliberalism policy atmosphere. However, some cities set good examples to turn their older citizens into active contributors to sustainable urban development (SUD) by developing age-friendly cities and communities (AFCC). Taking Hong Kong as an example, this study aims to raise a strategy for policymakers, especially at the municipal level, to incorporate the concept of AFCC in SUD. Data were retrieved for our analysis from a published report of the Hong Kong Public Policy Research Fund project. A total of 15 AFCC and SUD policy factors were identified by using factor analysis. The correlations between these policy factors were evaluated and visualised in a synergetic effect network. According to the network, this study indicates that developing the silver hair market can be a suitable entry point to realise SUD by adopting an AFCC development. Isolation prevention, social sustainability and low-energy-consumption development are the supportive policy factors for the silver hair market. Specifically, respect, discrimination prevention, communication and information, age-friendly facilities, environmental safety and public transportation accessibility are five AFCC policy factors incorporated in the policy integration to enhance older residents’ wellbeing further. This study is an innovative attempt to develop a comprehensive model for the synergy between sustainable urban development and an age-friendly city and community using a correlation network. This study also provides a reference for other city governments to respond to population ageing positively.

Smart Urban Profiling And Management – New Insights For Enhancing Innovative And Sustainable City Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-46
Author(s):  
Rebecca Oberreiter
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Management Model ◽  
City Management ◽  
City Marketing ◽  
City Development ◽  
Sustainable City ◽  
Framework Conditions ◽  
Fresh Impetus ◽  
The City

Rapidly changing framework conditions for city development such as globalization, demographic trends, deindustrialization, technological developments or the increasing urbanization as well as the economic, social and political changes are profound and change our urban life. This leads, that the cities of tomorrow will differ essentially from today´s city principles. Therefore innovative, strategically wise and quick action becomes a criterion for success. Here, more than ever, local conditions and requirements must be taken into account as well as global framework conditions. The responsible parties have to set the course so that the “City” remains competitive and sustainable in the future. Therefore, innovation processes and sustainable strategies for dealing with the diverse and complex agendas of a city in dialogue with those who are responsible for it must be initiated and management systems established so that new things can develop continuously and systematically. This work illustrates how the boundaries created to manage and market future liveable and sustainable city destinations are the root of the practical and academic problems that trouble city management these days.  This paper aims to develop the new integrated Smart Urban Profiling and Management model, which presents a new integrated approach for city marketing as an instrument of sustainable urban development. In this way, comprehensive research was conducted to evaluate if the holistic city marketing concept that integrates elements of smart city strategies and adaptive management is a more suitable instrument and integrative process than conventional city marketing in order to improve the sustainable urban development. Therefore, in this work, the designed “Smart Urban Profiling and Management model” for city management introduces an alternative and holistic perspective that allows transcending past boundaries and thus getting closer to the real complexities of managing city development in dynamic systems. The results offer the opportunity to recognize the city and consequently allow to developing successful strategies and implementation measures. This study targets to contribute to this endeavor in order to produce new impulses and incitements in the city management field and shall provide a fresh impetus for a new understanding of city marketing as the initiator of development processes, mobilization and moderator in concerning communication and participation processes. This paper is written from a perspective addressing those responsible for the city- management, city- & urban marketing and development.

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