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Lena Eskilsson.

Lena Eskilsson

Prorektor

Lena Eskilsson.

Governing the Balance between Sustainability and Competitiveness in Urban Planning: the Case of the Orestad Model

Författare

  • Book Karin
  • Lena Eskilsson
  • Jamil Khan

Summary, in English

Urban development politics are being challenged in various ways today, which becomes obvious when analysing strategies for sustainability versus competitiveness. In parallel to this, alternative ways of fi nancing, planning and organizing urban development and transport projects are becoming more common. However, although the use of publicly owned enterprises in urban development is becoming more common it is still a fairly new phenomenon and differs considerably from development led by a traditional government agency. The question analysed in this article is how well equipped these new governing arrangements are to handle goals of both sustainability and economic competitiveness. As a case study we use a special fi nancial and planning model used in the development of public transport (the metro) and a new urban area (Orestad) in Copenhagen, here called the Orestad model. Special focus is given on the creation of the Orestad Development Corporation, a new hybrid development organization, which was given the mandate to develop both Orestad and the metro. The study shows that there is a lot to gain from both a sustainability and an effi ciency perspective by integrating land use development and public

transport infrastructure in the same hybrid project organization. While there is definitely a tension between the goals of sustainability and competitive image building, the two do not have to be mutually exclusive. Even though the role of the state is transformed in this new governance arrangement, our case clearly shows how the state remains a crucial actor in

sustainability governance. However, there is an obvious risk of a lack of strategic thinking and accountability when a hybrid project-oriented organization is responsible for planning.

Avdelning/ar

  • Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap
  • Pufendorfinstitutet
  • Miljö- och energisystem

Publiceringsår

2010

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

382-396

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Environmental Policy and Governance

Volym

20

Issue

6

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Wiley-Blackwell

Ämne

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Nyckelord

  • hybrid organizations
  • sustainable development
  • metro
  • urban planning
  • project-oriented organizations
  • image building

Aktiv

Published

Projekt

  • IMPACT

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1756-932X