Les schémas directeurs, et après ?

The master plan was designed in the framework of the 2002 Regional Development Plan (RDP) as the preferred tool for the development of the fourteen “areas of regional interest”. The plan thus made a triple promise: better coordination of public action, effective public/private partnerships (PPPs) an...

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Main Authors: Florence Delmotte, Michel Hubert, Francois Tulkens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université Saint-Louis Bruxelles 2009-10-01
Series:Brussels Studies
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/brussels/698
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description The master plan was designed in the framework of the 2002 Regional Development Plan (RDP) as the preferred tool for the development of the fourteen “areas of regional interest”. The plan thus made a triple promise: better coordination of public action, effective public/private partnerships (PPPs) and true democratic participation. The tool was implemented for the first time during the last regional legislature, and is evaluated here based on an empirical study of several cases including the emblematic case of the state administrative district, as well as an afternoon meeting to discuss the results. The authors feel that the administrative complexity, the opposing interests of the public and private sectors, and the difficulty to establish true participation on behalf of inhabitants jeopardise the efficiency of a tool which – when all is said and done – is not binding. But they do not confine themselves to this acknowledgment of (partial) failure. Instead of recommending the elimination of this mechanism, they outline proposals to improve it. Although the ‘master plan’ tool is headed in the right direction, it calls for other advancements towards urban management which is more democratic, more effective, respectful of collective interests and beneficial for the future of the city.
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spelling doaj.art-0d45d1a73d8e44e1a4e245cd69efdc182022-12-21T19:25:31ZengUniversité Saint-Louis BruxellesBrussels Studies2031-02932009-10-0110.4000/brussels.698Les schémas directeurs, et après ?Florence DelmotteMichel HubertFrancois TulkensThe master plan was designed in the framework of the 2002 Regional Development Plan (RDP) as the preferred tool for the development of the fourteen “areas of regional interest”. The plan thus made a triple promise: better coordination of public action, effective public/private partnerships (PPPs) and true democratic participation. The tool was implemented for the first time during the last regional legislature, and is evaluated here based on an empirical study of several cases including the emblematic case of the state administrative district, as well as an afternoon meeting to discuss the results. The authors feel that the administrative complexity, the opposing interests of the public and private sectors, and the difficulty to establish true participation on behalf of inhabitants jeopardise the efficiency of a tool which – when all is said and done – is not binding. But they do not confine themselves to this acknowledgment of (partial) failure. Instead of recommending the elimination of this mechanism, they outline proposals to improve it. Although the ‘master plan’ tool is headed in the right direction, it calls for other advancements towards urban management which is more democratic, more effective, respectful of collective interests and beneficial for the future of the city.http://journals.openedition.org/brussels/698urbanismeplanification urbaineschémas directeursCité administrative
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urbanisme
planification urbaine
schémas directeurs
Cité administrative
title Les schémas directeurs, et après ?
title_full Les schémas directeurs, et après ?
title_fullStr Les schémas directeurs, et après ?
title_full_unstemmed Les schémas directeurs, et après ?
title_short Les schémas directeurs, et après ?
title_sort les schemas directeurs et apres
topic urbanisme
planification urbaine
schémas directeurs
Cité administrative
url http://journals.openedition.org/brussels/698
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