Trial and error in urban restructuring processes: learning from Dutch experiences

Autor: Ellen van Beckhoven, Tejo Spit, Anita Kokx
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Urban Research & Practice. 2:169-188
ISSN: 1753-5077
1753-5069
DOI: 10.1080/17535060902979071
Popis: In the last few decades, new governance processes have been put in place throughout the Western world. In practice, unfortunately, cooperation in the networks does not always work as expected. In this paper, we identify the factors that contribute to success and failure with respect to network working in urban restructuring and the lessons that can be learnt. A Dutch case study exemplifies these processes. The perceptions of local stakeholders about satisfying or dissatisfying processes and results were used to elicit the information. Our main conclusion is that changed institutional conditions affecting the local authorities and housing associations and economic developments strongly intervene in the processes. Consequently, the functioning of a network cannot be explained by the quality of network management alone. These findings indicate that there is a gap between the suggested importance of the instruments in network theory and their relative usefulness in everyday practice. Dealing with all kinds of...
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