1. Bridging the financial gap in climate adaptation: Dutch planning and land development through a new institutional lens
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Root, Liz, van der Krabben, Erwin, Spit, Tejo, SGPL Planologie, Economic Urban Transitions, SGPL Planologie, and Economic Urban Transitions
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Public infrastructure ,Monitoring ,area redevelopment ,institutional change ,Geography, Planning and Development ,climate adaptation ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,Space (commercial competition) ,Environmental Science(all) ,Economics ,Adaptation (computer science) ,spatial investment ,Spatial planning ,General Environmental Science ,Water Science and Technology ,Planning and Development ,Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes ,Finance ,Integrated Decision Making (ID) ,Policy and Law ,Geography ,business.industry ,Investment (macroeconomics) ,Port (computer networking) ,Management ,Redevelopment ,Land development ,financial barrier ,business - Abstract
Contains fulltext : 150337.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) Based on a case study of the Stadshaven port redevelopment in Rotterdam, this paper explores whether existing spatial planning mechanisms and processes can be used to facilitate local-level investment in climate-resilient public infrastructure and/or whether new processes and mechanisms are required to encourage investment in climate adaptation. The study reveals several key findings. First, a lack of conventional funding sources or formalised regulatory framework allowed room for experimentation with existing mechanisms and flexible strategies. Second, project planners are currently ambivalent towards introducing new mechanisms as a means to overcome implementation challenges. The case provides evidence about the role of the governance process, not simply as a means of system coordination that exists in isolation from institutional norms and values, but rather as a space for innovation, which can contribute towards reducing the financial gap associated with climate adaptation. 10 april 2014
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- 2014