Abstract
Planning systems are generally divided into plan-led and development-led systems. However, it is quite common that the planning practice follows development-led planning although the planning system would structurally be plan-led. To study how development-led planning affects the implementation of large-scale urban development projects, we conducted a cross-sectional survey in Finland – a country with a hierarchical setting of legally binding zoning plans which can be prepared by following either plan-led or development-led practices. The survey respondents were civil servants managing implementation of large-scale urban development projects. Our results quite surprisingly suggest that development-led planning may cause the projects to become more vulnerable to property market uncertainty compared to the projects following the plan-led practises. These results challenge the usual output-based legitimation of development-led planning to some extent.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1053-1075 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | European Planning Studies |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Early online date | 16 Mar 2017 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 3 Jun 2017 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Keywords
- development
- implementation
- land-use
- Planning
- survey
- urban
