Title: Environmental planning in the Netherlands : too good to be true : from command and control planning to shared governance /
Authors: Roo, Gert de.
Publisher: Ashgate,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Urban ecology (Sociology) Netherlands.; City planning Environmental aspects Netherlands.; Regional planning Environmental aspects Netherlands.; Environmental policy Netherlands
Abstract: "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 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. In Environmental Planning in the Netherlands: Too Good to be True, Gert de Roo provides a valuable overview and critical analysis of recent Dutch environmental planning."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: 1. Introduction -- Pt. A. Environmental/Spatial Conflicts in a Changing Context -- 2. Externalities and the 'Grey' Environment -- 3. The Compact City -- Pt. B. Complexity and Pluriformity -- 4. Planning-Oriented Action in a Theoretical Perspective -- Pt. C. Interaction and Changing Goals in Area-Specific Environmental Policy -- 5. The Standardisation and Institutionalisation of Environmental Policy -- 6. A Decision-Making Model Based on Complexity -- 7. Liveability on the Banks of the IJ -- 8. From 'Command-and-Control' Planning to Shared Governance.