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Abstract
The paper studies city-regional spatial planning from an institutional perspective. It applies theories of discursive institutionalism and gradual institutional change to analyse the dialectics of spatial planning and governance between discursively constructed city-regions and the pre-existing regional and local institutional territories. A strained dialectical relationship emerges when city-regional strategic spatial planning is instituted as a supplementary programmatic layer onto the existing strongly regulatory statutory planning, yet leaving intact its deeply institutionalized core-level meaning. Through the case study of the Kotka-Hamina city-region of Finland, the paper explores a situated city-regional attempt to overcome these tensions and generate policy-level change by blending the layered rules and reinterpreting their meaning.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 844-856 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Regional Studies |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Early online date | 22 Jan 2020 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 4 May 2021 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Keywords
- city-region
- discursive institutionalism
- institutional change
- statutory planning
- strategic spatial planning
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Beyond MALPE-coordination: integrative envisioning
Mäntysalo, R., Mladenovic, M., Duman, O., Hirvola, A., Granqvist, K., Kanninen, V., Käpyvaara, M. & Oittinen, J.
01/04/2016 → 31/08/2019
Project: Academy of Finland: Strategic research funding
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Strategic spatial planning with momentum gaining scenario storytelling: legitimacy contested?
Mäntysalo, R., Purkarthofer, E., Syrman, S., Kanninen, V., Grisakov, K. & Mattila, H.
01/09/2015 → 31/08/2019
Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding