Farms with strong citizen participation

Land Developmen

Naar een signaleringssysteem voor de naoorlogse woningvoorraad: Ontwikkeling van een signaleringssysteem voor gemeente en sociale verhuurders ten behoeve van het beheer van het naoorlogse non-profit woningbezit in Rotterdam

OTB Research Institute for the Built Environmen

Realisatie van stedelijke revitaliseringsprojecten - Een internationale vergelijking

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Farm diversification at succession

At succession of a farm successors often evaluate the farm operation and whether to continue in the same way, to diversify or to specialise. An increasing number of successors chooses to diversify their farm income, either by diversification which aims at changes in agricultural production and management (like adding production-oriented branches, processing and selling home-made products and the switch to organic production) or by broadening which aims at adding non-agricultural activities to the farm company (such as creating farm leisure services like camping sites, B&B overnight stays, workshops etc.). The market for this type of products and services is growing, but there may also be other reasons to choose for diversification and broadening. It may create more employment (for a partner, family and others) and lead to more satisfaction because there is direct contact with the end-users of the farm products. This case study focuses on diversification and addresses two Flemish farms where at the moment of succession or at the entrance of the new generation decisions were made about agricultural management. They kept agricultural production as main source of income and adapted their agricultural management either by switching from traditional to organic agricultural production (Biohoeve Hof te Muizenhole) or by adding an agricultural branch to the existing organic farm management (organic dairy goats and home processing and direct sales). De Speiboerderij). The two examples are situated in Flanders (Belgium) in the province of East-Flanders in two neighbouring municipalities, Herzele en Lierde (Figure 1).Land Developmen

Crossing borders with planners and developers and the limits of lesson-drawing

As a result of new legislation and regulations, changing governance structures and other trends such as globalisation spatial planning and development practices change. Although many countries face the same trends, these are often translated on a tailor-made basis into planning practice. Can we learn from each other? In this paper we compare cross-national lesson-drawing and international comparative research in literature. On the basis of research on the Dutch and the English planning and development practices in area development we explore the possibilities and barriers to cross-national lesson-drawing in planning policies and practices.OTB Research Institut

The development and financing of public real property in urban areas in Belgium, Germany, France and Great Britain

OTB Research Institute for the Built Environmen

Mega-event strategy as a tool of urban transformation: Sydney's experience

Mega-event strategies and their impact on host cities have drawn increasing interest, as organising large-scale urban events has become part of a deliberate urban policy strategy to promote local economic growth and put the host city on the world agenda. Thus far, the research addressing what strategies can be adopted and to what extent the strategies can produce a catalyst effect has been limited. Furthermore, while most mega-event studies have addressed the impact in a specific economic, spatial or environmental perspective, little research has been done on the extent to which mega-event strategies may lead to sustainable development, balancing economic, social and environmental perspectives in the long term. Using Sydney as a case study, this paper examines how the host city of the Summer Olympics in 2000 explored the mega-event strategy concept to create a catalyst for its urban regeneration programme.Urban and Regional DevelopmentOTB Research Institut

Evolving regional spaces in the southern Randstad

The Randstad in the Netherlands is known for its polycentric configuration resulting in daily urban systems and planning realities that do not match the formal government tiers. During the years many soft governance spaces have been put forward to address this issue. The situation is particularly complex in the South Wing of the Randstad, an area struggling to maintain its competitive position while at the same time improve spatial quality and social/economic cohesion. The paper will address the way in which governance in the southern Randstad has been organized in the domain of spatial planning. Applying the notion of soft spaces we will examine two overlapping governance arrangements: the South Wing Cooperation and the Metropolitan region Rotterdam The Hague. Often the rationale of a soft space is ‘to get things done’, to overcome the rigidness and inflexibility of hard administrative structures. The wider public does not even have a clue that networks as the South Wing Cooperation or the Metropolitan Region exist. While these soft spaces undeniably are a reality for administrators and officials, they are unknown quantities for many.OTBArchitecture and The Built Environmen

Ontwikkeling en financiering van publiek stedelijk vastgoed in België, Duitsland, Frankrijk en Groot-Brittannië

OTB Research Institute for the Built Environmen

The Mega-Event as a Strategy in Spatial Planning: Starting from the Olympic City of Barcelona

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