Citizens increasingly want to become active participants in urban planning and governments increasingly put in effort to ensure inclusive planning processes. This paper analyzes the institutional work that underlies the attempt to institutionalize a more active role of citizens in urban planning. It draws on a case in which a group of citizens aims to […]
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The governance of Natura 2000 sites
The management of Natura 2000 sites faces several challenges. Responsible authorities need to achieve specific conservation objectives and they need to balance these objectives with social and economic interests. A study of two cases, one in England and one in the Netherlands, shows that the initial choices about the organisation of a deliberative planning process […]
Delineating Locals: Transformations of K...
Citizens participation is gaining a lot of attention, both in research and practice. In an article publish in the Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning we argue that the careful analysis of the pathways of emergence, enactment and implmentation of policies affecting an area helps to get a better understanding of the potential for citizen […]