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Rescaling of Planning Power: Comparing Functional Planning Reforms in Six European Countries

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Local Public Sector Reforms in Times of Crisis

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The chapter focuses on the rescaling of planning power in six EU countries. Rescaling of planning power refers both to vertical redistribution of planning competences among the jurisdictions (at the national, regional, and local levels) and to horizontal reallocation of competences and roles among different actors (public, private, non-profit sector, inter-municipal cooperation). Furthermore, the different responses of the national planning systems to the common driving forces of Europeanization, marketization, and economic crisis are highlighted. The comparative analysis of the planning reforms in six European countries, with different starting conditions (local government type, capacities, supervision, planning type) has shown both different and common features concerning the trends of the rescaling of planning power (up-scaling, down-scaling, trans-scaling).

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  1. Universities of Dortmund and Darmstadt, Dortmund/Darmstadt, Germany

    Panagiotis Getimis

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  1. Political Science, Administration and Organization, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

    Sabine Kuhlmann

  2. Faculty of Social Sciences, KU Leuven Public Governance Institute, Leuven, Belgium

    Geert Bouckaert

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Table 14.A.1 Local government and planning system typologies
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Getimis, P. (2016). Rescaling of Planning Power: Comparing Functional Planning Reforms in Six European Countries. In: Kuhlmann, S., Bouckaert, G. (eds) Local Public Sector Reforms in Times of Crisis. Governance and Public Management. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52548-2_14

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