Confronting momentum : mapping the social appraisals of an ‘inevitable’ motorway capacity expansion

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

ROZEMA, J.G.

Science, Society and Sustainability (3S) Research Group, School of Environmental Sciences, Univ. of East Anglia, Norwich, Royaume-Uni

PEL, B.

Governance of Complex Systems (GOCS) research group, Dept. of Public Administration, Erasmus Univ., Rotterdam, Pays-Bas

Description :
By using an exemplary case of a project on motorway capacity expansion in the Netherlands, it was investigated how momentum was acknowledged by actors, but perhaps also resisted or sustained. The paper finds that actors were quite aware of momentum, but that they largely refrained from resisting it as a result of the focus on impact mitigation in the deliberation. Furthermore, this focus sustained the necessity claim and underlying rationale for the motorway capacity expansion. However, the choice of whether to resist or sustain momentum could have been strategically motivated. The paper recommends that further practice and methodological research should focus on the challenges of teasing out social appraisals on momentum in the deliberative planning context.

Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Environment and planning A, issn : 0308-518X, 2014, vol. 46, n°. 8, p. 2000-2015, nombre de pages : 16, Références bibliographiques : 2 p.

Date :
2014

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, London, Pion

Langue :
Anglais