Maxwan spoke to Erwin Heurkens about the findings of his dissertation ‘Private Sector-led Urban Development Projects: Management, Partnerships & Effects in the Netherlands and the UK’. Maxwan’s ongoing research project into NL and UK urban development practice is initiated under auspices of the Creative Industries Fund NL, with the aim to draw comparative lessons fron Dutch and UK urban development challenges for…
Integrale gebiedsontwikkeling draagt bij aan een aantrekkelijk vestigingsklimaat. Volgens professor dr. David Adams (University of Glasgow) komt de waarde van vastgoed en gebiedsontwikkeling voort uit de analyse van de stad. Men moet eerst weten hoe de stad sociaal en economisch werkt om te begrijpen wat waarde creëert in de gebouwde omgeving. Te vaak worden vastgoedanalyses…
This doctoral thesis explores the organisational, managerial and financial features of Private Sector-led Urban Development Projects in international comparative perspective by introducing theoretical concepts and case studies from the Netherlands, UK and USA that benefit local planning authorities and property developers to bring innovation to urban development practices. What can we learn from private sector-led urban…
Dit boek bevat een uitgebreide Nederlandse samenvatting van het proefschrift Private Sector-led Urban Development Projects: Management, Partnerships & Effects in the Netherlands and the UK (Heurkens, 2012). De reden om een aanvullende publicatie te schrijven ligt in de wens om de kennis over privaat-gestuurde gebiedsontwikkeling te ontsluiten voor de Nederlandse gebiedsontwikkelingspraktijk zonder dat daarbij het proefschrift ter hand genomen dient te…
What the public and private roles should be is one of the main issues in contemporary urban development. This paper builds upon findings from international-oriented Master and PhD studies at the TU Delft. It advocates for adaptive public leadership on a strategic level, and calls for committed private leadership on a tactical level. We argue that – when applied…
The management of urban development projects in the Netherlands has changed significantly in recent years. These projects have become mainly ‘led’ by developers as they manage the entire life cycle of development projects, while public actors mainly facilitate development projects. This changes the way projects are organized and managed and might resolve in different outcomes. Therefore, this research aims…
