Localism and the reconfiguration of planning’s publics in the landscapes of technocracy

2019 ◽  
pp. 169-180
Author(s):  
Sue Brownill
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
Land Use Plan

This chapter explores the role of planning's publics within the emergent technocratic landscapes of planning. It does so by drawing on ongoing research into the localism agenda in England and in particular on neighbourhood planning. Neighbourhood planning was introduced in 2011 as a ‘community right’ to draw up a statutory land-use plan. The chapter explores the extent to which technical and ‘expert’ knowledge and the power of public and private planners is being challenged or displaced by the knowledge, emotions, and actions of citizen planners. As such, the chapter shows that technocratisation is a more varied and complex process than previously thought and that these seeming spaces of de-regulation are not immune to forms of re-regulation which seek to re-create local knowledge to align with technocratic language and purposes.

scholarly journals A NEW HYBRID FUZZY CYBERNETIC ANALYTIC NETWORK PROCESS MODEL TO IDENTIFY SHARED RISKS IN PPP PROJECTS

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 409-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alireza VALIPOUR ◽  
Nordin YAHAYA ◽  
Norhazilan MD NOOR ◽  
Abbas MARDANI ◽  
Jurgita ANTUCHEVIČIENĖ
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Analytic Network Process ◽  
Risk Allocation ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
Allocation Criteria ◽  
Network Process ◽  
Public And Private Sector

A proper risk management strategy is essential in property management. For controlling and reducing risks on Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project, risk allocation is a major component of PPP risk management. Identifying appropriate shared risks and optimal risk allocation in a structured way is a complex process. The aim of this study is to develop a quantitative approach for equitable risk allocation with attention to identifying dependencies between risk allocation criteria and barriers. The paper presents an approach in the form of a hybrid Fuzzy method and Cybernetic Analytic Network Process (CANP) model for identifying shared risks. The approach involves the use of Fuzzy sets to convert linguistic principles and experiential expert knowledge into systematic quantitative analysis and the CANP to solve the problem of dependency and feedback between criteria and barriers as well as selection of shared risks. A case study is presented to demonstrate the use of the model in selecting shared risks. The study involves development of 10 criteria and 8 barriers. Finally, of 40 significant risks, 14 risks are successfully allocated between the public and private sector in Iranian PPP projects.

scholarly journals Driven by Expertise and Insulation? The Autonomy of European Regulatory Agencies

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Ossege
Keyword(s):  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Regulatory Agencies ◽  
European Medicines Agency ◽  
Scientific Quality ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Explanatory Factors ◽  
Powerful Means ◽  
European Regulatory ◽  
Private Actors

Expertise and autonomy are cornerstones to the effective operation and legitimacy of European Regulatory Agencies (ERAs). Yet, we know little about ERAs’ actual autonomy, nor about factors shaping it. This article studies ERAs’ <em>actual </em>autonomy from public and private actors, emphasising two crucial explanatory factors: expertise and rulemaking competences. The lack of insights on expertise is particularly striking, as expertise—the “raison d’être” and main resource of expert bodies—provides ERAs with a potentially powerful means to increase autonomy. Relying on a rational institutionalist framework within which ERAs enjoy substantive discretion to pursue their goals, the study empirically compares three powerful ERAs—the European Medicines Agency, the European Chemicals Agency, and the European Food Safety Authority. Based on the analysis of 39 semi-structured expert interviews, findings show that expertise is a crucial explanation for ERAs’ substantive autonomy from the Commission. Towards research intensive private stakeholders, the role of expertise becomes less pronounced. Instead, ERAs are more successful in protecting their autonomy by engaging in the risk-averse interpretation of the regulatory framework and by adapting rules over time to adapt their needs: they engage in “procedural insulation”. Political salience provides a scope condition for ERAs to use expert knowledge and rulemaking competences more strategically—potentially undermining scientific quality.

scholarly journals Spatial and transport development along European corridors: Strengthening the capacity of local stakeholders in transnational cooperation

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-364
Author(s):  
Pablo Acebillo
Keyword(s):  
European Commission ◽  
Initial Phase ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
The World ◽  
Transnational Cooperation ◽  
Local Stakeholders ◽  
Demographic Performance ◽  
Different Levels

Integrated spatial and transport corridor development is one of the strategies to affect trade, economic and demographic performance in linear systems around the world. However, such development can be elaborated at different levels: from exploring the dynamics of transnational cooperation, across analysing the extent of integration between spatial and transport policies within the states along the corridor, to focusing on the role of local stakeholders in supranational issues. Since this paper presents the initial phase of the European project on transnational cooperation in the domain of integrated spatial and transport development along the Hamburg-Athens corridor, the paper aims at providing a scientific-based overview on the mentioned corridor in the frame of an infrastructure programme initiated by the European Commission. The character of the paper is mainly descriptive thus elucidating the ongoing research being conducted through the mentioned project. For this purpose, the multi-scalar perspective (i.e. global, regional, local) is used to analyse several indicators regarding the trade, economy and demography. Such a thorough overview is believed to provide a better examination of the current situation. Some general recommendations for strengthening the role of local authorities in a complex process of transnational cooperation are briefly given in the final part of the paper.

scholarly journals An integrated assessment of Porcupine caribou seasonal distribution, movements, and habitat preferences for regional land use planning in northern Yukon Territory, Canada

Rangifer ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 259 ◽  
Author(s):  
John L. Ryder ◽  
Philippa McNeil ◽  
Jeff Hamm ◽  
Wendy A. Nixon ◽  
Don Russell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Habitat Preferences ◽  
Satellite Telemetry ◽  
Yukon Territory ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Winter Habitat ◽  
Land Use Plan ◽  
Regional Land

This study was undertaken to improve understanding of Porcupine caribou herd distribution, movements, and habitat preferences to assist with developing a regional land use plan for the North Yukon Planning Region, Yukon Territory. Three different methods were used to identify current and historical patterns of caribou distribution and habitat preferences within the region to prioritize conservation areas. Two of the approaches focused on incorporating information on caribou distribution and migrations from scientific and local knowledge, while the third focused on identifying and mapping habitats suitable for supporting caribou. Local knowledge dating back to the 1930s and two decades of satellite telemetry data confirmed that most of the planning region is used by the Porcupine caribou herd and highlighted areas of concentrated use. Maps of suitable winter habitat derived from expert opinion ratings of habitat use did not agree with the other information sources. The local knowledge and satellite telemetry analyses were used to identify spatially explicit priority areas for caribou conservation and the results were applied to develop conservation recommendations for a draft regional land use plan. The plan will be submitted to government approval bodies for review in the spring of 2007. The success in implementing conservation strategies for the Porcupine caribou herd will be reviewed and evaluated following adoption of a final approved plan.

Track 2.a Introduction

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sucharita BENIWAL ◽  
Sahil MATHUR ◽  
Lesley-Ann NOEL ◽  
Cilla PEMBERTON ◽  
Suchitra BALASUBRAHMANYAN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Knowledge Systems ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Native Communities ◽  
Cultural Systems ◽  
Local Practices

The aim of this track was to question the divide between the nature of knowledge understood as experiential in indigenous contexts and science as an objective transferable knowledge. However, these can co-exist and inform design practices within transforming social contexts. The track aimed to challenge the hegemony of dominant knowledge systems, and demonstrate co-existence. The track also hoped to make a case for other systems of knowledges and ways of knowing through examples from native communities. The track was particularly interested in, first, how innovators use indigenous and cultural systems and frameworks to manage or promote innovation and second, the role of local knowledge and culture in transforming innovation as well as the form of local practices inspired innovation. The contributions also aspired to challenge through examples, case studies, theoretical frameworks and methodologies the hegemony of dominant knowledge systems, the divides of ‘academic’ vs ‘non-academic’ and ‘traditional’ vs ‘non-traditional’.

Public and Private Net Savings in Developing Countries: Some Empirical Tests for the Period 1972-88 (Distinguishedl Lecture)

1992 ◽  
Vol 31 (4I) ◽  
pp. 431-447
Author(s):  
Peter A. Cornelisse ◽  
Elma Van De Mortel
Keyword(s):  
Public Debt ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Critical Size ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Critical Dimensions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Empirical Tests ◽  
Financial Issues

The severe shocks that rocked the world economy in the 1970s and the ensuing efforts to adjust and to renew economic growth have had a profound effect on the economic literature. Especially the external and public debt problems which reached critical dimensions in many countries attracted much attention. Thus, in the field of macroeconomics financial issues have gained more prominence over the last two decades. Studies relating to the fiscal deficit have been particularly numerous. The critical size of national public debts, the contribution of the public debt to external debt, the reduced confidence in the state as the guide in socioeconomic development and the role of fiscal policy in adjustment processes are among the main reasons for this increased interest.

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