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Strategies for sustainable private sector-led urban development projects in the Netherlands

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Strategies and partnerships for delivering sustainable private sector-led urban development projects are yet to be effectuated. Despite the fact that actors in real estate development increasingly incorporate sustainability features into decision-making, it seems that developing sustainable urban areas – taking into account more complex social, environmental, economic issues at a bigger scale with potential wider…

De duurzame private gebiedsontwikkelaar

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Nederlandse projectontwikkelaars zien (bij een terugtredende overheid) hun rol en verantwoordelijkheid in gebiedsontwikkeling langzaam aan belang winnen. Het is vrijwel onbekend hoe private gebiedsontwikkelaars zich kunnen committeren aan duurzame gebiedsontwikkeling, wat een nieuwe majeure toekomstige opgave voor steden en uitdaging voor ontwikkelende partijen vormt. Dit artikel laat zien dat Nederlandse projectontwikkelaars zich nog onvoldoende bewust…

Urban development management: Past, present and future

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In the past three decades, ‘Area Development’ (gebiedsontwikkeling) has emerged as a distinct category in Dutch spatial policy and practice, combining language and concepts from urban planning and design, property development, and related professions. Its emergence runs parallel to similar integrative, area-based planning and development efforts that have been observed throughout North-Western European practices since…

Institutional conditions for sustainable private sector-led urban development

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Across the globe sustainable private sector-led urban development projects (SPUDPs) in the built environment rarely commence as real estate developers face several institutional barriers which limit their capacity to develop economic-viable, social-responsible, environmental-friendly urban places.  However, it is largely unknown how SPUDPs can be effectuated as insight is lacking into institutional conditions that could incentivise…

Planners as market actors: The role of local planning authorities in the UK’s urban regeneration practice

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At a time of public sector retrenchment in urban regeneration it has become increasingly important to understand how planners can help create better places. Recent studies suggest that planners must behave as market actors by strategically deploying planning tools to influence market behaviour. In this context, this paper examines how local planning authorities use a…