Sterke verhalen / Strong Stories
Hoe Nederland de planologie opnieuw uitvindt / How the Dutch are reinventing spatial planning. Design and Politics #3

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Maarten Hajer, Susan van 't Klooster, Jantine Grijzen
Edited by Maarten Hajer, Susan van 't Klooster, Jantine Grijzen, Henk Ovink, Elien Wierenga
Designed by Robert Beckand

Dutch-English
304 pp / 240 x 170 mm / hardcover
price € 29.50
ISBN 978 90 6450 734 2
to be published November 2010, forthcoming


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Spatial planning in the Netherlands involves a diverse range of partnerships between government bodies, centres of knowledge, the public, and organizations in the private sector. Experiments with interactive, development-oriented planning have been going on for some years, especially at the regional level. The book Strong Stories presents the results. Which coalitions, practices, and forms of collaboration have been successful, and which ones have not? When consultants play a major role, do public authorities outsource a growing number of planning projects, or does their gaze tend to turn inward? Can networks and regional actors supply all the information and expertise that is needed? And what can be done to make sure that the results of public participation are put to good use?
Strong Stories reveals the central role of compelling narratives in the planning field. Spatial planning is all about visions, developed in partnership with stakeholders and shaped by relevant information. This book takes a penetrating look at the state of play in regional planning, the role of designers, the outsourcing of planning projects, and effective information-gathering. It offers policy-makers, consultants, researchers, and designers a theoretical and practical perspective on tomorrow’s planning practice, supported by specific findings from case studies (the south of the IJssel delta, the Arnhem-Nijmegen urban region, Commandeurspolder, and Ooijen-Wanssum) and reflections by leading essayists.
 
Sterke Verhalen is het derde deel in de serie Design and Politics van het Ministerie van VROM over het samenspel tussen planning, ontwerp en politiek. In dit deel zetten auteurs Maarten Hajer, Susan van ’t Klooster en Jantine Grijzen de planologie opnieuw neer als een discipline van sterke verhalen. Het gaat om de creatie van ruimtelijke visies, de samenwerking tussen overheden, kennisinstituten, burgers en marktpartijen en het benutten van de juiste kennis. Het boek bevat een scherpe blik op de stand van de regionale planvorming, de rol van ontwerpers, het uitbesteden van planningsopgaven en het systeem van kennisvergaring. Het biedt beleidsmakers, adviseurs, onderzoekers en ontwerpers een theoretisch en praktisch perspectief op de planologie van morgen, onderbouwd met bevindingen uit diverse praktijkvoorbeelden – IJsseldelta Zuid, Stadsregio Arnhem Nijmegen, Commandeurspolder en Ooijen-Wanssum – en reflecties van prominente essayisten.

Volume 3 in the Design and Politics series, an initiative of the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment.
#1: Ontwerp en politiek / Design and Politics ISBN 9789064507014
#2: Ontwerpen aan Randstad 2040 / Designing Randstad 2040 ISBN 9789064507021
#4: Compacte Stad Extended / Compact City Extended ISBN 9789064507472
Made possible by the Netherlands Architecture Fund.
 
   
 
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