Planning strategies for dealing with population decline: Experiences from the Netherlands |
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| Institution: | 1. Open University, the Netherlands, Faculty of Management, Science & Technology. PO Box 2960, 6401 DL Heerlen, the Netherlands;2. Utrecht University, Faculty of Geoscience, the Netherlands;3. Wageningen University, Strategic Communication Group, the Netherlands;1. University of Alberta, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E3, Canada;2. University of Guelph, School of Environmental Design & Rural Development, Landscape Architecture Bldg 121, 50 Stone Rd E, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada;1. The Centre of Research and Innovation for Built Environment, Hanze University of Applied Science, The Netherlands;2. Department of Cultural Geography, Faculty of Spatial Sciences of the University of Groningen, The Netherlands;3. Spatial Development and Social Inclusion at the University of Siegen, Germany;1. Terp Research Group, Groningen Institute of Archaeology, University of Groningen, Poststraat 6, 9712 ER, Groningen, the Netherlands;2. Groningen Museum, PO Box S 90, 9700 ME, Groningen, the Netherlands;3. Province of Fryslân, PO Box 20120, 8900 HM, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands;4. Deltares, PO Box 85467, 3508 AL, Utrecht, the Netherlands;1. University of Alberta, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, 1-26Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E3, Canada;2. University of Alberta, Faculty of Extension, 10230 Jasper Ave, Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 5A3, Canada;3. University of Guelph, School of Environmental Design & Rural Development, Landscape Architecture Bldg 121, 50 Stone Rd E, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada;1. Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, Postbus 11650, 2502 AR, Den Haag, The Netherlands;2. Population Research Centre, Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | This paper explores the selection and implementation of planning strategies and land use instruments for dealing with population decline in three different regions in the Netherlands. The study shows that each region developed very specific responses that can be explained by the different discourses that dominated planning and policymaking in that region. Although the perceptions about population decline, its consequences and suitable responses are strongly context specific, in all three regions responsible governments deemed it necessary to adapt existing policies and plans and to tailor strategies to a situation with population decline. The study also shows that ideas about using planning as a tool to stimulate economic growth prevail in the studied regions, but that it are precisely these ideas that hamper the development and implementation of policies for dealing with population decline. The paper also illustrates how Evolutionary Governance Theory can be useful for explaining why regions take different routes in dealing with population decline and for analysing the different dependencies that influence the selection of strategies. |
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| Keywords: | Population decline Spatial planning Strategy Land use policy |
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