Environmental Planning in the Netherlands: Too Good to be True - From Command-and-Control Planning to Shared Governance (Paperback)

The Netherlands is one of the most prominent and innovative countries in the field of environmental planning. Over the past decade, its government has introduced such ground-breaking schemes as Integrated Environmental Zoning, the City-Environment Project, the Bubble Concept and Policy Concepts and new approaches to coping with noise, odours, soil pollution, air pollution and safety issues. These initiatives and policy tools reflect a rapidly changing and decentralising environmental policy, which contrasts with more conventional environmental ideologies. However, at present little is known of these policies in the international arena. De Roo shows how and why, in recent years, the country's planning system has moved away from its traditional 'top-down' structure. The resulting changes have had far-reaching consequences for the traditional principles of Dutch environmental policy. In addition, measures for compensating excessive environmental loads are now open to discussion and environmental quality is a subject of negotiation among stakeholders. All these developments mean that environmental policy-making has become more closely integrated with local initiatives that focus on general location-specific qualities. In this book, this development is referred to as 'tailor-made comprehensive planning', which relates closely to the local context, is area-specific, situation-dependent, and embraces shared governance.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Urban Planning and Environment
Release date:	November 2016
First published:	2003
Authors:	Gert De Roo
Dimensions:	156 x 221 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	408
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-25484-8
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Regional geography Books > Earth & environment > The environment > General Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > General Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Landscape art & architecture > City & town planning - architectural aspects Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > General
LSN:	1-138-25484-3
Barcode:	9781138254848

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