Private sector-led urban development projects: Comparative insights from planning practices in the Netherlands and the UK

Dutch planning practice in recent decades witnesses the emergence of private sector-led urban development projects. Such projects are ‘led’ by property developers and ‘facilitated’ by local planning authorities aimed to realize both planning and market objectives. However, remarkably little academic attention has been paid to how public and private actors decisively organize and manage these projects in practice. This…

Een nieuwe rolverdeling: Privaat ‘in the lead’, publiek faciliteert

Wereldwijd lijkt zich de trend naar privaat-gestuurde gebiedsontwikkeling voor te doen, waarin marktpartijen verantwoordelijk zijn voor zowel grond-, vastgoed- als beheerexploitaties van gebieden, dit alles gefaciliteerd door gemeenten. In Nederland schuiven we ook langzaam in die richting. In privaat-gestuurde gebiedsontwikkeling gaat het o.a. om een formele ontvlechting van publieke en private rollen (bij overeenkomst), maar tegelijkertijd veel ‘informele’ interactie tussen de partijen. Volgens de Britse…

“London learning research project” – Interview Maxwan

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…

Private Sector-led Urban Development Projects: Management, Partnerships & Effects in the Netherlands and the UK

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…