J 2024

Grow or die! Land-use strategy mismatch in the ‘post-political’ metropolitan planning era

MALÝ, Jiří

Basic information

Original name

Grow or die! Land-use strategy mismatch in the ‘post-political’ metropolitan planning era

Authors

Edition

Progress in Planning, Elsevier Ltd. 2024, 0305-9006

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50700 5.7 Social and economic geography

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 6.400 in 2022

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

Keywords in English

Land-use municipal planning; Metropolitan planning; Population growth; Spatial growth; Post-policy; Smart growth

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 22/10/2024 17:46, Mgr. Marie Novosadová Šípková, DiS.

Abstract

V originále

Metropolitan spaces are perceived as spatiotemporally dynamic entities where traditional settlement patterns transform into heterogeneous post-suburban forms, integrating complex networks of social and economic relationships. Inadequate coordination in local spatial planning is commonly seen as a crucial factor contributing to landscape fragmentation and persistent urban sprawl. The current ‘post-political’ era of metropolitan planning supposedly offers less formalized problem-solving approaches that are not burdened by institutionally fixed settings and excessive bureaucratic structures. However, it is not clear whether and how integrated metropolitan strategies emerging within the ‘soft spaces’ of governance can influence the local spatial strategies of individual municipalities and what spectrum of attitudes various stakeholders in the metropolitan area hold towards spatial and population growth. The main research question is: What differences in approaches to territorial and population development of settlements in the metropolitan area are observed from the perspective of various public administration actors? Using a case study of the Brno Metropolitan Area (Czech Republic) and employing quantitative spatial analysis of recent and planned population and spatial development, along with qualitative textual analysis of planning documentation rationale at various scales impacting the metropolitan area, this article elucidates the narratives typically underpinning pro-growth planning strategies. Additionally, it contextualizes the meanings attributed to the metropolitan dimension of development at the local level. The findings suggest a negligible impact of integrated metropolitan strategy on local land-use policies. Competitive mechanisms of municipal spatial planning contradicting metropolitan authority visions exacerbate the crisis of spatial identities and residential cannibalism. Population growth in the hinterland triggers narratives of inevitability, adaptation, smart growth, economic rationality, and population rejuvenation at the local planning level, culminating in land oversupply. The results provide urban policies with an explanatory framework for the diversity of attitudes towards spatial and land-use planning within the multi-scale metropolitan arena and argue for the introduction of more effective integrated metropolitan spatial planning tools.

Links

MUNI/A/1469/2023, interní kód MU
Name: Geografický výzkum společenských a přírodních procesů v období změn
Investor: Masaryk University, Geographical research on social and natural processes in times of change