Finding the right tools for the job: Instrument mixes for land use and transport integration in the Netherlands
Governments have widely established policy goals, which span the domains of land use and transport. Despite these integrated ambitions, government action often remains fragmented. This study adopts an instrumental perspective to encourage land-use and transport integration (LUTI). So far, the existi...
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| author | Marijn T. van Geet Sander Lenferink Tim Busscher Jos Arts |
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| description | Governments have widely established policy goals, which span the domains of land use and transport. Despite these integrated ambitions, government action often remains fragmented. This study adopts an instrumental perspective to encourage land-use and transport integration (LUTI). So far, the existing literature on this subject has adopted a single-instrument perspective and has been primarily focused on technical, rather than governance-oriented, instruments. Using a comprehensive analytical framework derived from combining policy integration and policy instrument theory, this in-depth multiple case study of the Dutch provinces of Friesland, Overijssel and North Brabant investigates how governments use a mix of policy instruments throughout the policy process to achieve LUTI in collaboration with municipalities. These instruments are compared based on how they structure interaction — i.e., the transfer of resources — across horizontal and vertical boundaries. The study finds that there is not one right tool to achieve LUTI. Instead, it is about finding the right mix of instruments, which, in line with LUTI goals, helps overcome government fragmentation by structuring interaction patterns across horizontal and vertical boundaries. Interestingly, each province adopts a unique mix of instruments that reflects a specific approach, typical to the case. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f49c57237b9c406a9a157c7d8f06e9cc2022-12-22T04:16:48ZengUniversity of MinnesotaJournal of Transport and Land Use1938-78492021-01-0114110.5198/jtlu.2021.1710Finding the right tools for the job: Instrument mixes for land use and transport integration in the NetherlandsMarijn T. van Geet0Sander Lenferink1Tim Busscher2Jos Arts3University of Groningen, Faculty of Spatial SciencesRadboud University, Nijmegen School of ManagementUniversity of Groningen, Faculty of Spatial SciencesUniversity of Groningen, Faculty of Spatial SciencesGovernments have widely established policy goals, which span the domains of land use and transport. Despite these integrated ambitions, government action often remains fragmented. This study adopts an instrumental perspective to encourage land-use and transport integration (LUTI). So far, the existing literature on this subject has adopted a single-instrument perspective and has been primarily focused on technical, rather than governance-oriented, instruments. Using a comprehensive analytical framework derived from combining policy integration and policy instrument theory, this in-depth multiple case study of the Dutch provinces of Friesland, Overijssel and North Brabant investigates how governments use a mix of policy instruments throughout the policy process to achieve LUTI in collaboration with municipalities. These instruments are compared based on how they structure interaction — i.e., the transfer of resources — across horizontal and vertical boundaries. The study finds that there is not one right tool to achieve LUTI. Instead, it is about finding the right mix of instruments, which, in line with LUTI goals, helps overcome government fragmentation by structuring interaction patterns across horizontal and vertical boundaries. Interestingly, each province adopts a unique mix of instruments that reflects a specific approach, typical to the case.https://www.jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/1710land use transport integrationpolicy integrationpolicy instrumentsinteractionresource transfer |
| spellingShingle | Marijn T. van Geet Sander Lenferink Tim Busscher Jos Arts Finding the right tools for the job: Instrument mixes for land use and transport integration in the Netherlands Journal of Transport and Land Use land use transport integration policy integration policy instruments interaction resource transfer |
| title | Finding the right tools for the job: Instrument mixes for land use and transport integration in the Netherlands |
| title_full | Finding the right tools for the job: Instrument mixes for land use and transport integration in the Netherlands |
| title_fullStr | Finding the right tools for the job: Instrument mixes for land use and transport integration in the Netherlands |
| title_full_unstemmed | Finding the right tools for the job: Instrument mixes for land use and transport integration in the Netherlands |
| title_short | Finding the right tools for the job: Instrument mixes for land use and transport integration in the Netherlands |
| title_sort | finding the right tools for the job instrument mixes for land use and transport integration in the netherlands |
| topic | land use transport integration policy integration policy instruments interaction resource transfer |
| url | https://www.jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/1710 |
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