The Governance of Spatial Planning : The twofold quality of a spatial development concept and its implications for regional governance structures to enhance an ecological regional development. An Austrian Case Study
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2012-06-07
Author(s)
Abstract
Purpose of the paper:
The paper addresses the broad range of governance issues connected with (ecological) land use planning and starting from this emphasizesw the twofold quality of spatial development concepts.
Design / Methodology / Approach:
Theoretical inputs from different fields of science are combined with a case study on working out a spatial development concept for the Austrian region Walgau (action research approach).
Findings:
The region Walgau has experienced a massive change over the past 50 years and doubled its population between 1951 and 2010. The small-scale structured settlement generates bottlenecks for example in infrastructure, administrative power, and land use patterns. The necessity for and steps towards a regional spatial development concept has been described in a previous paper presented to the research network.
The actual paper also refers to the case study of the region Walgau in Austria. It adds the conceptual framework of the spatial development concepts and emphasizes their twofold quality and the implications for regional governance structures..
Practical implications:
From the analysis the paper draws some conclusions on the specific quality of regional development concepts and sketches additional needs for action within the region Walgau.
Originality / value:
Using Christmanns (2010) approach of ‘proto- governance'
The paper addresses the broad range of governance issues connected with (ecological) land use planning and starting from this emphasizesw the twofold quality of spatial development concepts.
Design / Methodology / Approach:
Theoretical inputs from different fields of science are combined with a case study on working out a spatial development concept for the Austrian region Walgau (action research approach).
Findings:
The region Walgau has experienced a massive change over the past 50 years and doubled its population between 1951 and 2010. The small-scale structured settlement generates bottlenecks for example in infrastructure, administrative power, and land use patterns. The necessity for and steps towards a regional spatial development concept has been described in a previous paper presented to the research network.
The actual paper also refers to the case study of the region Walgau in Austria. It adds the conceptual framework of the spatial development concepts and emphasizes their twofold quality and the implications for regional governance structures..
Practical implications:
From the analysis the paper draws some conclusions on the specific quality of regional development concepts and sketches additional needs for action within the region Walgau.
Originality / value:
Using Christmanns (2010) approach of ‘proto- governance'
Language
English
Keywords
Regional Development
regional governance
spatial development
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area
SEPS - Global Democratic Governance
Refereed
No
Event Title
RSA Research Network ‘Ecological Regional Development' - Third Conference 'From Research To Practice'
Event Location
University of Luxembourg
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
219126