EUKN - European Urban Knowledge Network - Organisation of performance

Organisation of performance

Introduction

Lack of clarity as to the municipality’s directive role is one of the causes for the delay in the housing construction. This report offers municipalities concrete methods that they can use to make sound choices in fulfilling their directive role.

Description

The research relates to the following 3 types of urban development tasks:

Restructuring projects
case studies: Hoograven in Utrecht, Waterwijk in Lelystad, Zuidwest Kwadrant in Amsterdam;
Development of extension areas
case studies: De Held in Groningen, De Waalsprong in Nijmegen, Vathorst in Amersfoort;
Restructuring of industrial estates
case studies: Paleiskwartier in 's-Hertogenbosch, Spaanse Polder in Rotterdam.

The directive role concerns three dimensions, which in combination with each other give certain substance to the directive role, namely:

To what does the directive role relate?
How far does the cooperation go; what kind of cooperation is at issue?
How is the directive role fleshed out?

The choice for how the directive role is fleshed out, whether consciously or not, is determined by many factors. This research limits itself to the competences that are needed to flesh out a certain directive role and the conditions within which the municipality must play its role.

Conclusions

The choice for a certain directive role in urban development depends on a number of variables, where municipal competences, available location, uncertainty and complexity are the most important.
Directive role is tailor-made. The fleshing out of the directive role shifts, partly because the municipality and its surrounding areas develop over the course of time. In many projects, the municipality even loses its directive role during a period and must later regain control based on the remnants of an earlier period.
With respect to urban renewal operations, the municipality does not have a dominant position of power in relation to achieving development. Therefore, many municipalities choose a process management style for this development.
In pursuing this approach with respect to the development’s progress, it is advisable to maintain and sticking to the various steps.. For parts of the process for which certainty is greater, progress can be achieved via a different role – e.g. the implementation of clearly defined projects.

Contact info

Ecorys

Publication date

15/04/2004

Researcher

Dr W. Korthals Altes

Links

Ecorys

Document type

research

Themes

Urban Policy > Housing > Housing policy

Keywords

Housing market