Land and the housing affordability crisis: landowner and developer strategies in Luxembourg’s facilitative planning contextin Housing Studies (2021)
The issue of land and its ownership remains under-explored in relation to the housing affordability crisis. We argue that the concentrated ownership of residential land affects housing production in Luxembourg through the interplay of landowner and developer wealth accumulation strategies. Drawing on expert interviews, we first show that the country’s growth-centred ecology has produced a negotiated planning regime that does little to manage the pace of residential development. Through an investigation of the development of 71 large-scale residential projects since 2007, we then identify the private land-based wealth accumulation strategies this facilitative planning regime enables. This analysis of land registry data identifies land hoarding, land banking and the strategic use of the planning system. The Luxembourg case – with its extremes of land concentration, low taxes and public disengagement from land – provides a glimpse at the influence of landowner and property developer strategies on housing affordability free of the usual mediating impact of the planning system.
„Place de l’Etoile“/Stäreplaz. Goldgrube mit grünen DächernArticle for general public (2021)
Stadt ist Markt. Der Warentausch war, neben Militär und Kirche, immer ein wichtiges Movens von Stadtgründung und -entwicklung. Will man die heutigen Konsumlandschaften reflektieren, muss man am Konsum von Grund und Boden ansetzen. Solch ein Blick erklärt, in welche Richtung sich viele Städte gegenwärtig und zukünftig entwickeln werden.
Urban expansion re-visitedin pnd - rethinking planning (2021), 2021(1), 42-54
This paper deals with urban expansion, that is, the growth of cities and inner-urban areas, both inside and outside of the dedicated planning perimeters. My aim is to give a brief overview of how this subject matter can be discussed from a contemporary perspective, with a certain focus on big projects that have evolved in recent decades and are on the rise again. Towards that end, I will situate the subject matter in historical contexts, provide some explanation as to the 1970s and more recent dynamics, and discuss how large-scale urban projects are being implemented. While big projects pursue different ambitions—such as economic, socio-demographic or ecological goals—they are set in place by a kind of managerial urbanism, often prioritise economic gains and thus challenge urban policy and planning. The paper concludes with a call to contextualise the variegated outcomes of new urban projects and to develop appropriate methods for monitoring and assessing urban life in these quarters.
Warum und zu welchem Ende reden wir über "Neue Suburbanität"?Speeches/Talks (2021)
Das Papier gibt einen Überblick über das Sujet der Neuen Suburbanität, und zwar in vier Schritten. Erstens erfolgt ein Einstieg in die Diskussion über Begrifflichkeiten und Definitionen; zweitens wird der Anlass hinterfragt, warum man 2019, immer noch … oder gerade wieder, über Suburbanisierung redet, forscht, dazu plant. Drittens werden die theoretischen und praktischen Herausforderungen, denen sich die Forschung zu Neuer Suburbanität stellen sollte, benannt; viertens wird ein kurzer Ausblick auf die Stadt von übermorgen vorgenommen -- eine Reflexion darüber, welchen Platz Suburbia und Suburbanisierung hier einnehmen können.
A Temporary Space Where Development and Planning Emergencies Meet? Notes on an International Building Exhibition (IBA) in the Cross- Border Territories of France and Luxembourgin Planning Theory & Practice (2021), 22(1), 148-154
An International Building Exhibition (IBA) is currently being planned for the cross-border area of southern Luxembourg and north-eastern France (Alzette-Belval). This planning approach, mainly known in the German building and planning context, was developed as a temporary activity to foster planning innovation and experimentation, in order to bring both formal and informal processes and regulations forward. Some have also argued that an IBA can be considered a temporary case of planning emergency, a means for trying the unusual in settings where business as usual has failed to address important problems properly. Organising an IBA has recently become increasingly popular in other European countries, such as Austria, the Netherlands or Switzerland. The aim of this note is to address some general questions as to the particular role that this instrument can play, and what it may promise (and not) to spatial planning. We also discuss the specific framework conditions and problems the French-Luxembourgian border region is confronted with. Our comment should contribute to clarifying what the underlying problems are actually about and, more specifically, in what ways an IBA could help dealing with them. Particularly, we suggest decision-makers and practitioners to follow a practice of ‘reflection before selection’: to address the very specificities of both the region and of an IBA before turning to ‘project’-based routines. This would avoid rendering the IBA as an empty signifier or a mere branding tool, while practice remains challenged by vested interests, complex policy terrains and powerful political economies.
Raumplanung und Weiterbildung in Luxemburgin RaumPlanung (2021), 2021(210), 60-65
Das Großherzogtum Luxemburg ist eines der kleinsten Mitgliedsländer der Europäischen Union und hat in der jüngeren Vergangenheit ein massives Wachstum von Wirtschaft und Bevölkerung erfahren. COVID-19 und die Gegenmaßnahmen der Politik haben die hohe Außenorientierung des Landes jedoch empfindlich getroffen. Am Beispiel der Raumplanungs-Weiterbildung ‚Formation Continue Aménagement du Territoire (FCAT)‘ zeigt dieser Beitrag, wie raumplanerische Lehre und Forschung auf diese neuen Herausforderungen reagieren, sowohl inhaltlich wie auch didaktisch.
City-states in relational urbanization: the case of Luxembourg and Singaporein Urban Geography (2021)
Post-industrial global urbanisation has seen the rise of territorial economic development strategies predicated on reconfiguring the urban landscape to conform to novel forms of economic production, often under the guise of ‘global city’ development. This paper reorients the conversation on global city development by highlighting the intermediary roles that particular cities play in brokering flows of global knowledge, goods, and capital through novel spatial-economic configurations. We identify a sub-set of city-states characterized by territorial economic development strategies that are exemplary of ‘relational’ processes. Luxembourg and Singapore serve as illustrative cases in which urban territorial development is guided almost entirely by an exogenous orientation benefitting from an intermediary positionality. They focus on intermediary services supported by technologically intensive infrastructures and niche economic strategies enables a relational competitive advantage. Although all cities are in some way ‘relational’ in their politico-economic orientation, these extraordinary cases highlight a number of novel concurrent socio-spatial processes. We conclude that a combination of forward-looking and unconventional ‘relational’ territorial development strategies including digital infrastructures and entrepreneurial legislation support the emergence of novel industrial configurations whose key advantages are conferred by their positionality in relation to regional and global flows.
Policy failure in urban governance: the case of large digital corporationsPresentation (2021)
This paper draws upon the branch of urban studies literature known as policy mobilities (McCann 2011) and, particularly, policy failure (Temenos & Lauermann 2020) to understand the strategic practices of large digital corporations (LDCs) in urban development. While it is a relatively new phenomenon that LDCs are appearing as important actors in the field of urban development, their role has moved beyond being simply the producers of new technological products that supposedly make cities more efficient, green and smart. They are, for example, in the background, forging their central position in the functioning of cities by taking up space (land, water, bodies) for so-called essential urban infrastructures such as data centers (Carr 2021) needed to support their technologies. At the same time, they are also driving the production of what we refer to as their symbolic spaces of LDC-style digital cities. These are Amazon’s HQ2 and the digital city that was proposed by Sidewalk Labs Toronto (daughter firm of Alphabet Inc.), projects that epitomised both their importance in the field and the height of their technological innovation. Yet, striking about these cases is that, with the exception of the HQ2 in Arlington, these projects never materialized. In this paper, we argue that this was not a coincidence. Rather, both Amazon and Alphabet effectively mobilized a strategy of policy-making that has recently received attention in the urban studies literature: policy failure (Lovell 2017; Temenos & Lauermann 2020). Viewing these cases through the lens of policy failure shows that LDC-led digital cities is not so much about producing flashy cities equipped with avant-garde technologies as it is about endorsing a post-political mode of urban governance that drains public institutions of time and resources and reconfigures state-society relations. This is a cautionary tale for practitioners, who need to understand and watch out for the flags of this disingenuous behaviour.
«Property States» and the Financialization of Urban Developmentin Hertweck, Florian (Ed.) Architecture on Common Ground The Question of Land: Positions and Models (2020)
The process of globalization of the economy and society has fundamentally changed the realities of life in cities in recent decades. Technological innovations in data processing allowed current trends such as digitalization or the platform economy to gain momentum. Financialisation and its imprint on real estate markets has made land becoming increasingly included in the sphere of the global exchange economy, as an asset. The mobilization of financial assets is followed by the large-scale valuation of real estate; as a consequence, local lifeworlds are subject to heightened pressure to achieve high rates of return. The chapter discusses the implications of these developments for urban development and sheds light on the particular role of property in two small states: Luxembourg and Singapore. The rather distinct role of the state in either facilitating profit or ensuring access to public housing (at least for some) is reflected in the notion of 'property states'.
Kritische oder angewandte Geographie – oder beides? Ein Kommentarin Standort (2020), 44(4), 275-278
The aim of this commentary is threefold. First, it interrogates the specific definition and situatedness of “critical” and “applied” geography; second, it discusses the assumption that there is a disconnect between science and social movements made in the context of critical discourses. Third, this leads to reflection upon what the interface between science and practice in geography is, or what it could or should be like today.
Relational cities disrupted. Reflections on the particular geographies of COVID-19 for small but global urbanisation in Dublin, Ireland, and Luxembourg City, Luxembourgin Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie (2020), 111(3), 451-464
This paper looks at the particular geographies associated with the COVID-19 outbreak through the lens of cities that are products of relational urbanisation. This includes small but highly globalised cities, such as financial centres or hot spots of politics and diplomacy, which are usually situated between different political, economic or cultural systems and their boundaries. These cities experienced strong growth due to internationalisation and a dedicated politics of extraversion. Our argument is that such places are unusually affected by the current lock-down, illustrated by two empirical cases, the cities of Dublin, Ireland, and Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. Both have experienced striking growth rates recently, but now suffer from disruption. Their development trajectories remain unclear, since a return to the ‘old normal’ seems unlikely, and the emergent ‘new normal’ calls for adaptation towards more state involvement in areas hitherto governed by the market. The paper addresses possible alternative geographies for both cases.
Räumliche Transformationen: Prozess, Ziel, Leitbild?in Lange, Bastian; Hülz, Martina; Schmid, Benedikt; Schulz, Christian (Eds.) Postwachstumsgeographien. Raumbezüge diverser und alternativer Ökonomien (2020)
Ziel dieses Beitrags ist es, räumliche Transformation in die Debatte um raum- und planungsbezogene Leitbilder einzuordnen. Ausgangspunkt ist die sehr heterogene und im Zeit-ablauf wechselhafte, gelegentlich opportunistische Praxis der Formulierung planungsbezo-gener Paradigmen und Leitbilder. Sie folgt zwar spezifischen Problemwahrnehmungen, ist aber auch abhängig von temporären Moden, Konjunkturen und Konstrukten. Die erkenntnis-leitende Frage ist, inwieweit Transformation Leitbildcharakter hat, und wenn ja, worin sich dies äußert: in analytischer, normativer und prozeduraler Hinsicht. Ist das Leitbild allgemein (generell) oder spezifisch ausgerichtet – was ist seine konkrete Zielformulierung? Oder ist Transformation primär als prozedurale Richtschnur zu verstehen, als Metapher zur kollektiven Mobilisierung von Wandel, dessen Inhalte im Schatten partizipativer Prozesse stehen? Der Charme von Transformation liegt womöglich darin, dass dieser Begriff eine an-gemessen differenzierte Vorstellung von evolutionären gesellschaftlichen Veränderungen bietet. Ob es zum Konzept reicht, um intendierten Wandel auf robuste Weise anzuleiten – oder ob sein Mehrwert schlicht darin liegt, Realität zu „verzaubern“ (Tom Sieverts) – wird im Beitrag diskutiert.
Cities seen through a relational lensin Geographische Zeitschrift (2020), 108(2), 74-98
This paper applies a relational approach to global urbanization with respect to the economic flows and relationships that help local places to position themselves globally. The paper ties in with the increasing functional and economic integration of urban areas – an integration that is not primarily related to economic or population size but an outcome of specialization and a politics of niche sovereignty. Empirically the paper draws upon case studies of three different places: Geneva (Switzerland), Luxembourg City (Luxembourg) and the citystate of Singapore. We reconstruct the different ways in which these three became part of global networks, and how the crafting of political frameworks based on niche making has fostered their rise in global significance.
Logistics: Situating flows in a spatial contextin Geography Compass (2020), 7(3),
The origins of logistics lie in military and imperial methods of expansion and control of geographical space. It is principally associated with the more recent contexts of business management and engineering. Logistics systems are now the conveyor belts of the global system of trade, commerce and production, and its associated techniques and strategies aim at optimizing flows and throughput within discrete units (such as firms), in economic networks and across geographical space. Because flows are important determinants for the development of places, logistics has the power to structure territories. Therefore, it has raised considerable interest in the field of geography, not only with regard to cities and their dense agglomeration of people, buildings and infrastructure, but also in geopolitical terms as it fosters the exploration, control and surveillance of areas. The paper presents a critical account of logistics operations and their relevance for the making (and unmaking) of territories, related policy dimensions and future challenges for research.
When Alphabet Inc. plans Toronto's waterfront: New post-political modes of urban governancein Urban Planning (2020), 5(1), 69-83
‘Smart cities’ has become a hegemonic concept in urban discourses, despite substantial criticism presented by scholarly research and activism. The aim of this research was to understand what happens when one of the big digital corporations enters the field of real estate and land use development and urban planning, how existing institutions respond to this, and how modes of urban governance are affected. Alphabet Inc.’s plans for Toronto’s waterfront provided insights into these questions. Our investigations traced a complex web of place-making practices that involved all levels of government, the general public, and networks of actors throughout the private sector. Methodologically, the discourse was reconstructed with local fieldwork, interviews with key actors, participating in tours and public meetings, and secondary sources. It was found that Alphabet Inc.’s plan to build a world-class digital city contained some lessons for urban studies and urban planning practice. First, Alphabet Inc.’s plans, which unfolded amidst initiatives to expand the knowledge economy, confirmed concerns that the trajectory of neoliberal, market-driven land use and speculation along the waterfront remains unchanged. Second, digital infrastructures are potentially a Trojan Horse. Third, it was seen that municipalities and their modes of urban planning are vulnerable to the political economic manoeuvrings of large corporate power. Fourth, Alphabet Inc. operates as a post-political package driven by a new coalition of politics, where the smart city is sold as a neutral technology. The controversies surrounding the project, however, stirred a civic discourse that might signal a return of the political.
From the “project within the project” to the “city within the city”? Governance and Management Problems in Large Urban Development Projects Using the Example of the Science City Belval, Luxembourgin Raumforschung und Raumordnung (2020), 78(3), 1-17
The paper explores the issue of new urban development areas from two specific perspectives: on the one hand, rather than concentrating on housing, we address the question of science and research, in particular university locations and science parks, as a central guiding principle for urban expansion. On the other hand, the paper focuses on the analysis of urban management and governance practices and, more specifically, the disjoining of large projects from their common urban planning context. Emphasis is put on the fact that such undertakings are defined as ‘projects’ and that they are subordinated to a specific management approach. Amid debates concerning large-scale urban development projects and urban governance, we develop the thesis that the risk for projects to unfold as a sort of ‘foreign matter’ in the urban realm increases as the degree to which they are subject to proven planning processes and regulatory practices diminishes. This argument will be empirically illustrated with Belval, the science city in the south of Luxembourg, which is developed ever since 2003 and whose progress is critically assessed here. The general conclusions include planning requirements for dealing with new large-scale development projects.
Mobility policy through the lens of policy mobility: The post-political case of introducing free transit in Luxembourgin Journal of Transport Geography (2020), 83
This viewpoint paper addresses the issue of fare-free public transport (FFPT) in the context of policy mobility, the strand of urban studies literature that examines how policy formulations developed in one place tend to ‘travel’ and inform and inspire plans elsewhere as good or best practices. We argue that the promotion of policies may not reflect a serious attempt to solve a sustainability or socio-economic issue. Rather, the institutions in charge have different targets in mind. FFPT in Luxembourg is thus more a reflection of a post-political process where politics are severed from the political.
Sidewalk Labs closed down – whither Google’s smart city?in Regions - E-Magazine (2020), (7),
This article was adapted, revised and updated from the original, “Sidewalk Labs is closing down – Lessons from Toronto’s realpolitik” published at Urbanization Unbound, the blogspot of urban geographers at the Department of Geography and Spatial Planning of the University of Luxembourg, edited by Constance Carr and Markus Hesse.
"Property States" und Finanzialisierung der Stadtentwicklungin Hertweck, Florian (Ed.) Architektur auf gemeinsamem Boden. Positionen und Modelle zur Bodenfrage (2019)
Das Nicht-Sagbare thematisierenArticle for general public (2019)
Der Beitrag thematisiert das Verhältnis von Wissenschaft und Politik im Allgemeinen sowie in Luxemburg, insbesondere mit Blick auf Geographie und Raumplanung.
Qualitatives Wachstum in Stadt und Land? Elefant im Raum und zugleich leerer Signifikantin Reckinger, Carole; Urbé, Robert (Eds.) Sozialalmanach 2019. Schwéierpunkt: Qualitativen Wuesstem (2019)
Metropolisierung oder die Zweite Häutung der StadtArticle for general public (2019)
Der Begriff der Metropole kennzeichnet üblicher Weise große Städte, die durch die Kombination von hoher Bevölkerungszahl, wirtschaftlicher Stärke und kultureller Ausstrahlung geprägt sind. Parallel dazu werden in jüngster Zeit auch kleinere Standorte beachtet, die relativ rasch gewachsen sind. Als Erklärungsansatz dient hier der Prozess der „Metropolisierung“. Luxemburg ist idealtypisch dafür.
Onlinehandel, Logistik und Verkehrin RaumPlanung (2019), 202(3-4/2019), 30-35
The paper explores the implications that result from rising online shopping and the related patterns of distribution in European cities. The particular consequences of new modes of logistics distribution for cities and for urban planning are being discussed. While the paper is cautious against the assumption of an exploding freight transport resulting from online-shopping behaviour (it yet seems to be moderate so far), the paper calls for a more comprehensive awareness for the overall imprint of logistics changes in urban regions. Respective concepts for urban and transport planning are needed, in order to make cities and their distribution patterns more sustainable.
Emerging city regions: urban expansion, transformation and discursive constructionin Schwanen, Tim; Van Kempen, Ronald (Eds.) Handbook of Urban Geography (2019)
This chapter takes a critical look at city regions from an urban geography perspective. As subject matter, it first identifies city regions that have evolved through the course of urban growth and expansion, representing an assemblage of an urban core and associated neighbour cities and suburbs that are functionally linked. Second, it also addresses the specialization of some of these city regions that host advanced services, political functions, higher education infrastructure or gateway functions, which make them being classified as ‘metropolitan’ regions. Further, it emphasizes the processes through which regions are labelled and thus created as metropolitan areas: ‘metropolization’. This labelling includes indicator-based observations, political manifestations and also discursive representations.
Luxembourg’s free public transport sounds great, but it won’t help people get from A to BArticle for general public (2019)
TU DO@50 -- ein froher Wunsch für die Zukunftin Gruehn, Dietwald; Reicher, Christa; Wiechmann, Thorsten (Eds.) 50 Jahre Dortmunder Raumplanung (2019)
Smart Cities, ‚big politics‘ und die Privatisierung der urbanen GovernanceArticle for general public (2019)
Die Diskussion über Smart Cities hat in den letzten Jahren einen regelrechten Hype in Stadtpolitik, -forschung und -wirtschaft hervorgebracht. Die digitale Optimierung von Gebäuden, Quartieren oder ganzen Stadträumen, so könnte man Smart Cities definieren, hat auch Luxemburg erfasst. Während das Wirtschaftsministerium die Vision einer intelligenten digitalen Spezialisierung verfolgt, präsentiert sich die Hauptstadt seit geraumer Zeit als Bühne der Smart City. Als Kontrast zu diesen Bildern analysieren wir ein prominentes Beispiel, das die Vision einer kontrollierten, technologisch und ökonomisch durchoptimierten Stadt vermittelt – Quayside, das Konversionsprojekt der Alphabet Inc. in Torontos Hafengebiet.
Free Transit in Luxembourg: A case of post-political urban governance through policy mobilityin Witlox, Frank (Ed.) Moving Towards More Sustainable Mobility and Transport through Smart Systems - Proceedings of the BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Days 2019 (2019)
Ports, cities and the global maritime infrastructurein Kloosterman, Robert; Mamadouh, Virginie; Terhorst, Pieter (Eds.) Handbook on the Geographies of Globalisation (2018)
This chapter deals with the particular geographies of global maritime industries and their implications for concrete places, most notably port cities. In order to provide an up-to-date picture on this subject matter, we firstly apply a supply chain perspective regarding maritime and port geographies, since the movement of ocean vessels and the territorial or geographical impact of these flows cannot be separated from the underlying logistics networks, or their spatio-temporal performance and overarching political-economic power configuration. Secondly, we employ a relational perspective with respect to ports, cities and their interaction against the background of globalised logistics networks. This relational approach is inspired by understanding cities and regions as increasingly dependent on, and co-constituted by, larger associations, networks, mobilities and identities, rather than conceiving these entities as fixed in territories within a bounded space, delineated by clear margins. For illustrative purposes, we add some empirical insights from two cases studies on related developments in the Netherlands, particularly the port city of Rotterdam and the inland port situated in Venlo.
Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg: The Science City in Belval - Planning a large-scale urban project in a small countryin Darchen, Sébastien; Searle (Eds.) Global Planning Innovations for Urban Sustainability (2018)
This chapter examines the development of a large-scale urban development project launched in the early 2000s: the so-called Science City (Cité des Sciences) in Belval, Luxembourg. The Science City is located in the heart of the Grand Duchy’s former industrial region, right between the city of Esch-sur-Alzette and its neighbour municipality Sanem. The development has taken place on the site of a decommissioned steel mill. It now hosts the University of Luxembourg’s main campus as well as a variety of other research institutions. State authorities responsible for the planning and implementation of the Science City purport to comply with (seemingly) innovative sustainable urban planning and design principles, whose guiding concepts derive from related city-university projects across the world. The project is, however, subject to a variety of challenges. Besides meeting the market’s demands for new space, such challenges include the provision of a balanced setting for development beyond economic purposes, the proper integration of the site in the existing built environment, the establishment of a governance structure that reflects the division of powers, functions and users, as well as preventing collisions between the worlds of knowledge production and the old industrial working-class milieus. Given the size of the project and the associated economic risks, along with the rather traditional planning approach of the institutions involved, path dependence and governance lock-ins may embody persistent challenges to the Science City.
Focal firms, grand coalitions or global city makers? Globalization vs. new localism in Hamburg’s maritime networkin Hoyler, Michael; Parnreiter, Christof; Watson, Allan (Eds.) Global City Makers. Economic Actors and Practices in the World City Network (2018)
Maritime industries are very important enablers of global trade: ports have already been coined ‘frontline soldiers of globalisation’ (Ducruet and Lee, 2006), and global cities are often port cities. Likewise, port institutions can be viewed as ideal global city makers, in the way they are targeting global flows for serving local interests. In this context, this chapter explores the city and the port of Hamburg, Germany. As a paradigmatic case of local–global governance, the Albert Ballin Konsortium is discussed, which was founded in 2008 in order to ensure local stakes in the Hapag-Lloyd shipping line and to avoid its takeover by a global competitor. The chapter discusses the conflict between the increasing de-coupling of maritime services from the traditional mainport and local political strategies. The research reveals the not so common case of a somehow reluctant global (port) city, due to the city makers’ strong concern for local interests.
Mobilising knowledge at the science-policy interface: ‘Humanity on the Move’in Grubbauer, Monika; Shaw, Kate (Eds.) Across Theory and Practice: Thinking through Urban Research (2018)
In this chapter, I discuss the interplay of urban theory and practice in the context of the science-policy interface: a space of mutual engagement of research and related practices in the urban arena. My case study analyses the work of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen, WBGU), most notably its 2016 report on global urbanisation (WBGU 2016). By presenting the big narrative of the planet becoming entirely urbanised, there is a certain positivism and essentialism underlying this report that fails to acknowledge political conflict and what went wrong in the past. This contradicts the lofty political ambitions of the advisory council. I conclude that the WGBU’s policy advice and consultation is limited because it does not consider the murky and messy nature of politics and, thus, does not provide sufficient orientation for practice. This case study therefore illustrates the difficulties and problems when research and practice interact.
Into the groundin Arch + (2018), (231), 78-83
How the financialization of property markets and land use puts cities under pressure.
Ein Rückblick auf die Zukunft. 25 Jahre Verkehrswendein Oekologisches Wirtschaften (2018), 33(2), 16-18
This paper (written in German) provides a reflection on a conceptual framework for transforming mobility policies and practices. It was developed in Germany in the context of the then emerging idea for transforming energy policies (Energiewende). The aim was to put together related concepts for the sustainable development of the demand for, and supply of, mobility and transport and related contexts (Verkehrswende). It was first presented in book format 25 years ago. On that occasion, and since the term has gained some attention and recognition in political realms recently, the concept is subject to a critical reflection from today's perspective.
Approaching the relational nature of the port-city interface in Europe: ties and tensions between seaports and the urbanin Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie = Journal of Economic & Social Geography (2018), 109(2), 210-223
The logics and politics of circulation: exploring the urban and non-urban spaces of Amazon.comin Ward, Kevin; Jonas, Andrew E.G.; Miller, Byron; Wilson, David (Eds.) The Routledge International Handbook on Spaces of Urban Politics (2018)
The digital economy is a catalyst for the circulation of people, goods and information, affecting both urban and non-urban realms. This chapter uses the empirical case of Amazon.com to discuss the digital and physical arrangement of production, labour, distribution, advertising, purchasing, and consumption as a means of creating particular spaces of politics. What started as mail order retail for books about 20 years ago can now be understood as an all-encompassing platform for performing a variety of socio-economic practices. These practices evolve from disruptive innovation and are backed by venture capital as well as an aggressive market strategy, leading to a compartmentalized organisation of value chains. The related implications on place, space and territory reveal a certain “logics of dislocation” (Barnes 1996), creating particular spaces of circulation both in urban centres and peripheries. The abstract system’s imperative not only steers the orchestration of the firm’s network but also, given its hegemony in online-markets, threatens to assume an almost totalitarian form. It thus also performs as a powerful agent of policy-making. Against this background, the chapter explores the spaces of circulation and related politics that are produced and reproduced by Amazon.com.
In Grund und Bodenin Arch + (2018), (213), 78-83
Es ist ein Gemeinplatz, dass der Prozess der Globalisierung die Lebenswirklichkeiten in Städten ebenso wie deren Entwicklungsperspektiven in den letzten Jahrzehnten grundlegend verändert hat. Der Entstehung eines weltweiten Handels- und Produktionsregimes, das sich im vergangenen Jahrhundert erst durch umfassende politische Regulierung richtig entfalten konnte, folgte die Globalisierung von Dienstleistungen. Technologische Innovationen in der Datenverarbeitung ermöglichten aktuelle Trends wie Digitalisierung oder den Trend zur Plattformökonomie. Der steigende Einfluss der Finanzmärkte auf die Realwirtschaft hat diese Tendenzen weiter verschärft. Tradierte Grenzen zwischen Wirtschaftszweigen oder Territorien heben sich auf, globale und lokale Maßstäbe sind zunehmend verwischt. Grund und Boden als prinzipiell nicht mobiles Gut gehen verstärkt als asset, als aktiver Vermögenswert, in die Sphäre der globalen Tauschwirtschaft ein.
Urban Policy in the Time of Obamain DISP Dokumente und Informationen zur Schweizerischen Orts-, Regional- und Landesplanung (2018), 54(212/1), 76
Suburbanisation and Suburbanisms – Making Sense of Continental European Developmentsin Raumforschung und Raumordnung (2018), 76(2), 97-108
This paper provides a brief overview of recent developments and debates concerned with suburbanisation in continental Europe. While current discourses in urban research and practice still focus on processes of reurbanisation and the gentrification of inner-city areas, suburbia continues to exist and thrive. Depending on the definition applied, suburban areas still attract a large share of in-migration and employment growth in cities of the developed countries. Given that popular meta-narratives on suburbia and suburbanisation are often spurred by, or refer to, North American suburban studies, we take a different perspective here, one based on continental European trajectories of development in and across city-regional areas that are considered to be suburban, and on social processes that are associated with suburbanisation (suburbanisms). Thus, we aim to avoid a biased understanding of suburbia as a spatial category, which is often considered mono-functional, non-sustainable, or in generic decline. Instead, we observe that suburban variety is huge, and the distinction between urban core and fringe seems to be as ambiguous as ever. The paper, which also introduces the theme of this special issue of “Raumforschung und Raumordnung | Spatial Research and Planning”, bundles our findings along four themes: on suburbia as a place of economic development, on the shifting dynamics of housing between core and fringe locales, on the life-cyclic nature of suburbanisation, and on strategies for redevelopment. Finally, we discuss certain topics that may deserve to be addressed by future research, particularly on the European variant of suburbanisation and suburbs.
‘Cruise to the Edge’. How 1970s prog-rock dinos found a safe haven on the cruise shipin Monios, Jason; Wilmsmeier, Gordon (Eds.) Maritime Mobilities (2018)
Suburbanisierungin Handwörterbuch der Stadt- und Raumentwicklung (2018)
Der Beitrag thematisiert Suburbanisierung als ein seit der Nachkriegszeit bestimmendes Element der Raumentwicklung in Deutschland und Mitteleuropa. Dazu werden suburbane Räume als Teil der Großstadtregionen behandelt. Neben einem Überblick über den Stand der Forschung zur Suburbanisierung wird ein besonderes Augenmerk auf Fragen von Diskurs, Politik und Planung gelegt.
Kleines Land, große Herausforderungen: Anmerkungen zu Architektur und Urbanismus in Luxemburgin Flagge, Ingeborg (Ed.) Witry & Witry - Über das Wohnen (2018)
Der Beitrag enthält eine Reflexion über die Praxis von Architektur, Stadtplanung und Urbanismus im Großherzogtum Luxemburg. Insofern stellt er eine Rahmung für die in dem Band präsentierte Werkschau des Büros Witry & Witry in Echternach, Luxemburg, dar. Es geht um die Spezifika der sozioökonomischen Entwicklung des Landes und ihrer Implikationen für die baulich-räumliche Entwicklung, die ohne Berücksichtigung Ersterer nicht angemessen nachzuvollziehen ist. Entsprechendes gilt für die Positionierung planerischer Interventionen, oder für die Beurteilung der Passfähigkeit von Innovationen wie Partizipation der Öffentlichkeit.
Spatially Differentiated, Temporally Variegated: The Study of Life Cycles for a Better Understanding of Suburbia in German City Regionsin Raumforschung und Raumordnung (2017), 76(2), 149-163
Herausforderung partizipative StadtplanungArticle for general public (2017)
Als Hauptstadt übernimmt Luxemburg zahlreiche Funktionen an Stelle des Staates. Als Wohnort ist sie den quartierspezifischen Interessen ausgesetzt. Die sich daraus ergebende Spannung fordert nicht nur Politik und Verwaltung heraus. Überlegungen zu den Bedingungen gelingender Partizipation von Bürgerschaft und Forschung.
Widersprüchlich, ungeduldig, selbstbezogen? Anmerkungen zum Verhältnis zwischen Luxemburg und seiner UniversitätArticle for general public (2017)
A Negotiated Landscape. The Transformation of San Francisco’s Waterfront since 1950in Local Environment (2017), 22(6), 784-785
Tracing the place of home. The specificities, policies and dilemmas of Luxembourg’s housing sectorin Ballini, Claude; Ecker, Serge; Grünkranz, Daniel; Panotopoulou, Panajota (Eds.) Tracing Transitions (2017)
On borrowed size, flawed urbanisation and emerging enclave spacesin European Urban and Regional Studies (2016), 23(4), 612-627
Wege aus dem Käfigdilemma. Das Luxemburger Wohnungsproblem, ein DauerbrennerArticle for general public (2016)
Flughafen und Aireain DISP Dokumente und Informationen zur Schweizerischen Orts-, Regional- und Landesplanung (2016), 52(2), 82-83
Green Logistics – Improving the Environmental Sustainability of Logisticsin Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsgeographie (2016), 60(1-2), 99-100
“Luxembourg is the Singapore of the West” – Looking Aheadin Reckinger, Rachel; Wille, Christian; Kmec, Sonja; Hesse, Markus (Eds.) Spaces and Identities in Border Regions. Politics – Media – Subjects (2016)
Periurban Luxembourg. Definition, Positioning and Discursive Construction of Suburban Spaces at the Border between City and Countryside.in Reckinger, Rachel; Wille, Christian; Kmec, Sonja; Hesse, Markus (Eds.) Spaces and Identities in Border Regions. Politics – Media – Subjects (2016)
Be constructive! Situating sustainability research at the nexus of positivism and reflective positionalityPresentation (2016)
Sustainable development remains a powerful concept across European and global fields of policy-making. Spurred by the all-encompassing threat of climate change, the rhetoric of a great transformation successfully occupies current policy and practice. However, in contrast to the doom and gloom predictions, and in stark contrast to the sheer magnitude of the challenge of dealing with such complex set of problems, recent policy ideas and recipes seem trivial, and overly rationalised and optimistic. With respect to this, there are two interrelated issues that will be explored in this session. First, much of this new rationality of sustainability moults into popular labels such as ‘green’ or ‘smart’ where the city is the primary setting. This search for practical solutions in the city is further buttressed by the ‘sustainability business’ and associated green-washing practices that have emerged, as well as a variety of tools to assess, monitor, evaluate, and certify sustainability initiatives (indicators, metrics, and planning orthodoxies such as density, integrated, or holistic planning) that have become standard practice. Scholars have been active to identify the pitfalls here: Elgert & Krueger (2012) discussed the epistemology of metrics; Wiig (2015) interrogated the corporate strategy of a multi such as IBM behind ‘smart city’; Angelo & Wachsmuth (2015) criticised ‘methodological cityism’ in political ecology; Purcell (2006) showed the limits to localism; Mössner (2013) exposed socio-political limits of green cities. These criticisms highlight that there is something else to explore beyond current notions of sustainability. In this session, we explore further critiques of existing attempts, as well as conceptions of sustainability that embrace more contemporary imaginaries of urban geographies. These include critical reflections on super-optimist projects such as transition towns, or green cities (e.g. localism, methodological city-ism, green-washing in urban marketing), and thoughts on the disparity between the normative of sustainable development and current policy realities (How has this disparity changed? How is it produced? What lays outside the current lens? How has green urbanism changed over time and across places?). The second issue relates to expectations of knowledge proliferation in academia, as research communities are increasingly embedded in contradictory settings, expected to provide results and not problems, to be frank but constructive, and moreover, to be elite, excellent, income-generating as well as critical. In this respect, there is thus good reason to analyse the research-policy nexus, as Woods & Gardner (2011), Pain (2006), and Beaumont et al. (2005) have explored, examine the construction of knowledge claims as Rydin (2007) has explained, and rework some considerations with regards to rationalist modes in sustainable development and emerging sustainability modernities. We thus also want to interrogate the tensions between the construction of positivist sustainability on the one hand, and the position of the critical researcher on the other hand – the treading of the fine line between Dennis Judd’s (2005) claim that urban scholars tend to assume that “everything is always going to hell” (Judd 2005) and Elbert Hubbard’s classical “positive anything is better than negative nothing” (Hawthorne 1902). Concrete questions addressed here are: Who is producing claims to knowledge in practices of sustainable development urbanism? What are the possibilities and limitations for researchers to balance constructive interventionism with realistic limits of sustainable development and all its complexities, messy politics, wicked problems that are observed in human geography? How is it possible to pursue state-led contract work while maintaining critical integrity? What are relevant reflections the ontology, methodology and ethics of applied SD research practice?
Spaces: Approaches and Perspectives of Investigationin Wille, Christian; Reckinger, Rachel; Kmec, Sonja; Hesse, Markus (Eds.) Spaces and Identities in Border Regions. Politics – Media – Subjects (2016)
Spaces and Identities in Border Regions. Politics – Media – SubjectsBook published by transcript (2016)
Spatial and identity research operates with differentiations and relations. These are particularly useful heuristic tools when examining border regions where social and geopolitical demarcations diverge. Applying this approach, the authors of this volume investigate spatial and identity constructions in cross-border contexts as they appear in everyday, institutional and media practices. The results are discussed with a keen eye for obliquely aligned spaces and identities and relinked to governmental issues of normalization and subjectivation. The studies base upon empirical surveys conducted in Germany, France, Belgium and Luxembourg.
Languagein DISP Dokumente und Informationen zur Schweizerischen Orts-, Regional- und Landesplanung (2015), 51(4), 4-5
Transdisciplinarity or "engaged pluralism"?in DISP Dokumente und Informationen zur Schweizerischen Orts-, Regional- und Landesplanung (2015), 51(3), 4-5
The Science-Policy Interfacein DISP Dokumente und Informationen zur Schweizerischen Orts-, Regional- und Landesplanung (2015), 51(2), 4-5
Luxembourgin DISP Dokumente und Informationen zur Schweizerischen Orts-, Regional- und Landesplanung (2015), 51(1), 54-55
The "Newish" Cityin DISP Dokumente und Informationen zur Schweizerischen Orts-, Regional- und Landesplanung (2015), 51(1), 4-5
Selling the region as a hub: the promises, beliefs and contradictions of economic development strategies attracting logistics and flowsin Cidell, Julie; Prytherch, David (Eds.) Transport, Mobility, and the Production of Urban Space (2015)
This chapter deals with the policy and governance dimension of logistics and freight distribution (including services such as trucking, warehousing, freight forwarding, container handling, and the like), related land uses, and circulation modes. Based on case studies of two regions in the Netherlands and Belgium, it examines how such strategies are being pursued and explores the way in which logistics are discursively framed and thus communicatively constructed. The chapter views logistics as a spatial imaginary, imbued with meanings of modernity, growth, and prosperity, making promises with which local policy endeavours to get the political process going.
Logisticsin Richardson, Doug (Ed.) The International Encyclopaedia of Geography: People, the Earth, Environment, and Technology (2015)
Megaurban regions – Epistemology, discourse patterns, big urban businessin Harrison, John; Hoyler, Michael (Eds.) Megaregions: Globalization’s New Urban Form? (2015)
Wachstum, Innovation, Metropolregionen – ein epistemologischer Turn in der Raumordnungspolitik (1993-2006ff)?in Strubelt, Wendelin; Briesen, Detlev (Eds.) Raumplanung nach 1945 - Kontinuitäten und Neuanfänge in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (2015)
Editorial: Challenges, specificities and commonalities of transport research and policy within the BENELUX countries–the case of Luxembourgin European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research (2015), 15(4), 501-505
In the recent years, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has emerged as a new player in research as part of a strategy to foster its knowledge for both economical and societal developments. In the transport research field, the University of Luxembourg (created in 2003) with its Geography and Spatial Planning Institute (created in 2007) and its Transport Engineering group (created in 2012) joined forces with the public research institution LISER (previously CEPS-INSTEAD) to organize the 2013 Transport Research Day of the BIVEC. Looking backward to the event while preparing this editorial, we can see it actually played a kick-off role for the international diffusion of Luxembourg research on transport and related land-use issues, and was a good occasion to shed lights on Luxembourg specificities and commonalities within the Benelux, which we like to stress in this editorial.
Raising Sustainabilityin Planning Theory & Practice (2015)
The contributions that follow in this issue of the Interface address some operationalisations of sustainable development that have prevailed in planning policy in recent years.
International Hubs as a Factor of Local Development: Evidence from Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, and Leipzig, Germanyin Urban Research & Practice (2014)
Retheorizing urban geography: mutual relationships between English- and German-speaking communitiesin Social & Cultural Geography (2014)
This paper takes a comparative look at urban geography in the German- and English-speaking academic communities, based on a critical reflection of publication activities, sub-disciplinary discourses and conceptual developments. It is argued that Anglophone dis-courses tend to embed urban research into a broad range of conceptual and theoretical frameworks, whereas many writings in German-speaking urban geography are committed to pursuing empirical studies and applied research, thereby producing planning studies and policy recommendations; only recently, studies inspired by the cultural turn have evolved that are also addressing urban topics. In both language communities, a certain body of geo-graphical work can be detected that deals with core urban themes without evolving from a distinct ‘urban geography’ community. In this context, a mutual trans-national dialogue be-tween cultural, social, and urban geographies is considered helpful for better linking the two different language and academic communities. Accordingly, the paper provides suggestions on how to re-conceptualize urban geography at the intersections of recent debates in both language contexts by highlighting specific theoretical approaches, policy linkages, and methodologies.
Just "Dump and Boring", or Over? Lifecycle-Trajectories, the Credit-Crunch and the Challenge of Suburban Regeneration in the USin O'Donoghue, Daniel (Ed.) Urban Transformations: Centres, Peripheries and Systems (2014)
PERIURBANES LUXEMBURG. DEFINITION, POSITIONIERUNG UND DISKURSIVE KONSTRUKTION SUBURBANER RÄUME AN DER GRENZE ZWISCHEN STADT UND LANDin Wille, Christian; Reckinger, Rachel; Kmec, Sonja; Hesse, Markus (Eds.) Räume und Identitäten in Grenzregionen (2014)
”Luxemburg ist das Singapur des Westens" - ein Ausblickin Wille, Christian; Reckinger, Rachel; Kmec, Sonja; Hesse, Markus (Eds.) Räume und Identitäten in Grenzregionen (2014)
Räume: Zugänge und Untersuchungsperspektivenin Wille, Christian; Reckinger, Rachel; Kmec, Sonja; Hesse, Markus (Eds.) Räume und Identitäten in Grenzregionen. Politiken – Medien – Subjekte (2014)
Räume und Identitäten in Grenzregionen. Politiken – Medien – SubjekteBook published by transcript (2014)
Die Raum- und Identitätsforschung arbeitet mit Unterscheidungen und Relationen. Diese sind als heuristische Instrumente besonders in Grenzregionen gewinnbringend, wenn soziale und geopolitische Markierungen auseinanderfallen. Die Beiträge des Bandes setzen hier an. Anhand empirischer Erhebungen in Deutschland, Frankreich, Belgien und Luxemburg untersuchen sie Raum- und Identitätskonstruktionen in grenzüberschreitenden Bezügen, wie sie sich in alltäglichen, institutionellen und medialen Praktiken manifestieren. Die Ergebnisse werden mit sensiblem Blick für quer liegende Räume und Identitäten diskutiert und an gouvernementale Fragen der Normierung und Subjektivierung rückgebunden.
Suburbaner Raum im LebenszyklusReport (2013)
The central part of the study deals with the question of how to approach the temporarily differentiated development dynamics of suburban spaces within a systematic, conceptual analysis framework. The temporal variation and trajectory analysis however remains descriptive in this study, as the method still has not been developed into an autonomous explanatory system. The study concentrates on the integration of the particular phases and cycles into a broader context of the suburban system and - as far as possible - to describe interdependencies of trigger factors as well as of the local and regional framework. This makes the approach different to a static spatial analysis. Those phases contain, in most cases, the Growth, Maturity, Transition and Resiliency. The latter describes the capability of a system to encounter decline or even to reach a development turn. The phases develop into cycles when temporal periodic changes occur, following a certain logic determined by definable factors and strategies.
The space of flaws – on the contradictions of integrated planning in a fragmented environmentPresentation (2013, November)
In this paper, we critically investigate policy strategies that attempt to control spaces (housing) and flows (mobility) through so called integrative approaches, hypothesizing that they are flawed in design and ineffective in implementation. The research looks at processes in the small state of Luxembourg, which has pursued a niche strategy of national sovereignty development through a highly successful transition from an industrial based economy to one that rests on financial services, and a high degree of internationalization. This development trajectory, however, has created a set of deeply fragmented office-archipelagos that squeeze out housing, and generate massive commuter traffic. In response to these pressures, planning officials formulated a set of spatially integrative sustainable development guidelines that postulated sector integration, drawing upon normative orientations (central place theory), and prioritizing international objectives of European consolidation over local integration. Yet, they are flawed. A constructivist method was undertaken including document surveys, conversational interviews, and participant observation. Our results show that this centralist approach fails in meeting its mark, because instead of addressing problems of uncoordinated and conflicting authorities within and beyond the nation, they assume a clean system-wide durable “Russian Doll” architecture of state and institution. The result is further fragmentation through integration.
Belval im Kontext der Cité des Sciences. Städtebauliches Großvorhaben, Experimentierfeld für Wissenschaft und Praxisin Margue, Michel (Ed.) Decem 2003-2013 (2013)
Building a Sustainable University from Scratch: Anticipating the Urban, Regional and Planning Dimension of the ‘Cité des Sciences Belval’, in Esch-sur-Alzette and Sanem, Luxembourgin König, Ariane (Ed.) Regenerative Sustainable Development Of Universities And Cities The Role of Living Laboratories (2013)
This chapter deals with the context of knowledge regions and the related regional economic and urban planning implications, particularly in the case of the University of Luxembourg, which is being relocated to the entirely new setting of Belval in the old industrialised South of the country in Esch-sur-Alzette, and Sanem, respectively. In order to discuss this case, the specificities of Luxembourg (state, policy, role of science, planning, urban issues, cross-border problems) have to be taken into account. Finally, we shed some light on a series of sustainable development issues.
Wachstum, Innovation, Metropolregionen. Zur Rekonstruktion des jüngeren Leitbildwandels in der deutschen Raumentwicklungspolitikin Raumforschung und Raumordnung (2013), 71(4), 343-59
Freight Distribution Centres, Freight Clusters and Logistics Parksin Rodrigue, Jean-Paul; Notteboom, Theo; Shaw, Jon (Eds.) The Sage Handbook of Transport (2013)
This chapter presents an overview of distribution centres (DCs) and freight clusters or logistics parks, which have emerged in response to the increasing spatial division of labour of the international economy, and as a consequence of the integrated management of today’s increasingly complex supply chains. The chapter aims at reconstructing the rationale of their development and presenting their main characteristics from both the users’ perspective and, particularly, in territorial terms. Consequently, it emphasizes the broader geographical distribution of freight facilities, problems of urban and regional integration and related challenges for policy and planning. The empirical focus of the chapter is on developments in Western Europe and North America. Against the background of the historical role that transport, trade and freight handling have played in an urban context, the chapter also raises some theoretical questions on the nature of such changes and their more general consequences for towns and urban regions.
Das “Kirchberg-Syndrom”: grosse Projekte im kleinen Land. Bauen und Planen in Luxemburgin DISP Dokumente und Informationen zur Schweizerischen Orts-, Regional- und Landesplanung (2013), 49(1), 14-28
Integration vs. fragmentaion: spatial governance for land and mobility (extended abstract)in Hesse, Markus; Caruso, Geoffrey; Gerber, Philippe; Viti, Francesco (Eds.) Proceedings of the BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Days 2013 (2013, May)
Integration vs. fragmentation: Spatial governance for land and mobility – the case of LuxembourgPresentation (2013, May)
Introduction We critically explore a set of policies that attempt to control the interplay of spaces (housing) and flows (mobility) through so called integrative approaches. The research looks at processes in the small state of Luxembourg, which has pursued economic na-tional sovereignty by positioning itself in cross national flows as an attractive niche for economic development. In recent years, this has unfolded as the highly successful transition from an industrial based economy to one that rests on financial services and a high degree of internationalization. This development trajectory, however, has cre-ated a set of deeply fragmented growth poles, most notably the office-archipelagos that have emerged across the country. Development was and still is concentrated at preferred locations such as the office town of Kirchberg, the emerging research city (Cité des Sciences) in Esch-Belval, the office islands at the Southern periphery of the Capital City (such as Cloche d’Or), or in Munsbach, a small town just 15 kilometres East of Luxembourg City. Developments at these poles stand in stark contrast to, and have put pressure on, the rather micro-local oriented infrastructure and built environment seen throughout the rest of the country. In effect, these growth poles have put pressure on the real es-tate market, squeezing out housing due to the profit gap between office, retail and housing rents. Further, they generate massive commuter traffic, the majority of which is still organized around the private automobile. Finally, they also ensure a certain sense of disintegration in terms of urban design. In response to the dynamics named above, planning officials formulated a set of spatially integrative sustainable development guidelines that postulated sector integra-tion, drawing upon normative orientations (central place theory), and prioritizing in-ternational objectives of European consolidation over local integration. Mobility issues, particularly the flow of people (goods are handled as well, but this is a different story), are a most critical component of this development trajectory. Our research interest is to clarify whether the deliberately “integrated” planning strategies are appropriate in the context of an increasingly fragmented spatial pattern, and the related system of institutional fragmentation that polarizes the two hegemonic levels of governance – the national and municipal. Conceptual framework In conceptual terms, our research lends to Stead/Meijers’ (2009) critique of ‘integra-tion’ in spatial regards and also critical review of contemporary planning philosophy by Allmendinger/Haughton (2009). It particularly confronts the good intentions of spatial planning with the ‘hard’ realities of political economic development, which seems to be particularly relevant concerning the case of Luxembourg, with its ex-traordinary success story and business model of providing a safe haven for financial industries and modern services. “The notion of spatial planning is slippery. This malleability is important in allowing these notions to gain rapid and widespread acceptance, in a process which simul-taneously manages to place them within the policy mainstream and marginalize or co-opt dissenting voices. “ (A&H 2009, 2547) Spatial planning as a win-win project that presents “’planning’ as: (i) having ‘moved on’ from its previous incarnations and all the critical baggage that it had picked up, (ii) seeming to provide a progressive alter-native to the ‘ planning retreat’ of early neoliberal experiments , whist (iii) accommo-dating an adapted Third Way neoliberal agenda.” Allmendinger and Haughton encapsulated the problem: “advocates of spatial plan-ning share a naivety about the nature of contested spaces and thee role of spatial plan-ning. The assumption is that spatial planning, if undertaken in an open, transparent, and collaborative way will lead to consensus and , ultimately, better development. But experience shows that intractable tensions may be eased through at the level of pro-ducing strategic documents, only for problems to surface at the level of implementa-tion.” Further, “the realpolitik of planning allows the system to be hijacked and abused, not least, by those intent on preserving the status-quo.” Methodology, research strategy In our paper, a constructivist approach was practiced, including an extensive docu-ment survey, a series of conversational interviews with experts from various fields of engagement, and participant observation. These materials were then carefully and sys-tematically assessed through the application of qualitative research techniques (tran-scription, coding, and interpretation). Our empirical data was drawn from the research project SUSTAINLUX that was conducted between 2010 and 2013, and funded by the Fonds National de la Recher-che (FNR), Luxembourg. The general aim of this project was to critically assess the rationale behind and strategies towards achieving a sustainable spatial development in Luxembourg, with a particular emphasis placed on spatial governance and related strategies and practices. Housing and mobility were two fields where we engaged in a more detailed investigation. Before summarizing the research, our major findings were jointly discussed with, and thus fed back to, a selected number of interviewees, in order to situate our interpretations in the wider realm of possible lines of thought. It turned out that, though our findings can be considered being quite critical, this second round of conversation revealed a high degree of consensus among the participants, concerning our attempt to assess and interpret the findings most appropriately. Major findings - The Integrated Approach doesn’t meet the Mark Our overall finding was that the steps and measures undertaken by the government towards achieving a sustainable spatial development are indeed effectively flawed, and the concept of integration is part of the problem. Such policies, at least, fail to re-solve the critical situation described above. Just as Stead and Meijers (2009, 326) can identify five factors – political, institutional, financial, procedural, behavioural – that inhibit integration, our results show that the “centralist”, density- or integration-based approach fails in meeting its mark, primarily for three reasons: First, an overstated policy of decentralized concentration, which is viewed as being integrative from the state level creates severe spatial imbalances at local levels; as long as office floor space continues to increase (and this indeed represents the current unique selling point of Luxembourg as an ideal business setting and location), decen-tralized concentration deepens the functional and thus spatial mismatch, instead of resolving the issue; Second, these policies are also limited in terms of their objective to optimize com-muter traffic, since concentration is only targeted at one end of the mobility chain (destination wise), whereas the other ends (the origins of the commuter flows) are lo-cated rather remotely and are quite dispersed. It appears difficult to co-ordinate these flows by traditional transit systems. This is first evident in the documents. All the maps show only Luxembourg (In-nenministerium et al. 2004; Ministère de l’Intérieur 2003). Indeed there are concep-tions of the Grand Region, (where Luxembourg is placed at the centre). Transport plans and densities are located solely within the nations boundaries. At a meeting of ESPON in November 2011, one panellist suggested subsidizing neighbouring munic-ipalities across the border in Belgium or France. This was met with widespread scep-ticism in the audience. The reaction reflects the unwillingness or inability, which may be grounded on practical rather than political reasons, to transcend national borders. Third, instead of addressing problems of uncoordinated and conflicting authorities at various spatial scales, the strategies presume a clean system-wide durable “Russian Doll” architecture of how state and municipalities interact and collaborate. Hooghe and Marks (2003; 2004) are often credited with the Russian Doll metaphor of Europe-an governance: General-purpose jurisdictions (Type I) describe governance arrange-ments that include a specified number of governments from the local to the interna-tional, whereby the smaller jurisdictions are contained within wider ones. While their work has been widely questioned (Mahon and Keil, 2009; Brenner et al., 2003; Af-folderbach and Carr in review; Jessop, 2005), the central concept is reflected in Lux-embourg’s spatial planning policies. Reminiscent again of Allmendinger and Haugh-ton (2009), the assumption is that policy can be asserted in an orderly and predictable manner if only the correct actors are gathered at the right time and place. Spatial Planning policies were largely informed by European strategies and initia-tives. As a member state, Luxembourg was to carry forward with its corresponding commitments. In line with these responsibilities, local politicians formulated the spa-tial arrangement of Luxembourg territories. Further, national ministries were net-worked in order to bring their expertise to the table. The final step was to give the Sector Plans legal backing so that they can be instituted with ease. It is clear that Lux-embourg governing officials understand their political structure as a collection of dis-crete jurisdictional units neatly ordered under a national level. These jurisdictions are further general purpose (not task specific) and are organized across two levels of mu-nicipal and federal government. The spatial planning guidelines are explicitly integrative. The features of integrative policies defined by Stead and Meijers (2009) can be observed - comprehensiveness, aggregated topically, encompassing. Integrated policies address issues that “transcend the boundaries of established policy fields, and that do not correspond to the institutional responsibilities of individual departments,” (Stead and Meijers, 2009, 321). This is clearly seen as the Sector Plans were created by representatives from a cross-section of national ministries. But it is not only the actors that are cross-governmental. The topics themselves are cross-disciplinary. Some have called this type of policy “holistic” (ibid.) as they try to attempt to address topics of a broader scope than those bound within the frameworks of isolated functional systems. Ten years after their inception, the Sector Plans still await legal ratification. So long as the Sector Plans are not passed, the national government relies on the so called, Convention Agreements. These are contracts that oblige signing Municipalities to act following a set of agreement requirements (Bentz 2011). Often Municipalities receive said rewards (subsidies, for example) for achieving named goals. Recently, the Convention Agreements have come into play to endorse the three growth poles of the nation: the City of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette (Sud), and the Nordstad. The Convention Agreement approach has achieved limited success. For this reason, Spatial Planning officials continue to endorse legal ratification of the Sector Plans. As already noted elsewhere (Carr, forthcoming; Affolderbach and Carr, in review), the lethargy is likely a sign of domestic structural mismatches. “The political structure that characterizes Luxembourg land-use planning today is one that was founded on notions of municipal autonomy, relatively horizontal modes of negotiation, and indi-vidual private property rights where land-owners and local politicians are the gate-keepers to land-use,” (Carr, forthcoming). The nation is divided into 106 Municipali-ties, each of which define land-use and zoning, and the majority of which are sparsely populated such that many know Municipal land-use decision-makers personally. Fur-ther, many local politicians fulfil second function as Chamber Deputies in Parliament. The small state government architecture thus reveals a variety of conflicts of interest, and the distribution of power and decision-making is hotly contested, particularly be-tween the state and the municipalities. Further impeding a clean system-wide architecture in which spatial planning can be implemented, are respective relations between gatekeepers to land-use and the private sector. High land prices and low land taxes have endorsed speculation. Moreover, the sometimes not very transparent means of land-use designation, created in part as a result of horizontal closely knit governance networks, have led some to wonder if pro-jects that are likely to be realized are those that promise to be lucrative. The result is further “fragmentation through integration.” Conclusion Although it has to be acknowledged that Luxembourg represents a rather specific case of an emerging medium-sized, cross-border metropolitan area, there are some lessons to be learned in more general terms. These lessons refer particularly to the long-standing debate on integrative spatial planning and the so-called nexus of ‘driving and the built environment’. Our research confirms the literature that has critically dis-cussed the integration of spaces and flows in more analytical, less normative terms. Integration turns out to be more complex than often suggested, and cannot simply be managed by establishing integrated policy concepts. This is even more so given the complex arrangement of horizontal and vertical modes of governance. Also, it is widely acknowledged that the various elements of urbanisation are characterized by obviously different, often competing or contradictory logics of development. The ways that places and flows interact and conflict with one another, how they are changing over time, and also how they are subject to contested debates, leave enough space for further investigation and claims for developing a more adaptive and flexible, less rigid policy model. Additions, maybe to be folded into conclusion..? • Clearly, the goal is clearly to address changing needs that require not only transcending and joining-up otherwise distinct administrative and conceptual boundaries, but also purposefully making the most from the benefits that can be extracted from such synergies. Normatively, integrated policy can address, at least in theory, the need “to overcome artificial organizational boundaries; to tolerate a significant degree of uncertainty and probability in the policy-making process; to interact closely with stakeholders and citizens; and, signif-icantly, to engage in flexible, creative and systemic thinking which is “holistic” rather than linear or partial in character” (Givoni et al. 2013, 2). • Yet, one wonders if the underlying goals have been addressed in the Luxem-bourgish system. Not only is there a clear lethargy of legalizing the set of inte-grative policies, but it appears that they have not succeeded in overcoming the “isolationist” or “piecemeal” (Givoni et al. 2013, 3) approach characteristic of traditional Luxembourg to land use. In the worst case, integrated planning may have been conceived instead, “from above” to be applied “below” and with force if necessary. • Is there a way to strategically advance “joined-up government” and “integrat-ed policy” towards effective policy intervention? This question was raised by Givoni et. al (2013). • Without claiming to have discovered a blue-print for successful policy design, they find that the key lies in a “policy packaging” process that has “deep and holistic appreciation of policy subsystems, together with a structured approach” • It would seem that these are certainly lacking in the present system of inte-grated planning in Luxembourg. 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The movement of policies across space, often referred to as policy mobility, has been a vibrant area of discussion in the geographical literature in recent years (c.f. McCann 2011; González 2010; Larner and Laurie 2010; Peck and Theodore 2010; Ward 2006; Peck 2002). In particular, scholars have brought forth geographical concepts of relationality and territoriality, along with post-structural accounts of the social construction of knowledge and power, to provide sophisticated and complex accounts of the spatial flows of urban policies and their contingent ‘local’ expressions. In the tradition of urban geography and analysis, mobility stories tend to come from paradigmatic cases, such as Barcelona, Vancouver, New York and others. This paper brings to this conversation a policy mobility story from the rather specific, non-paradigmatic case of Luxembourg. In recent years Luxembourg’s welfare state has developed spatial development policies embedded in the rhetoric and practice of sustainability in an attempt to counteract the contradictions of the State’s rapid development. Much of this policy account emerged from the transfer of ideas and practices from neighboring countries and the European Union. While certainly similar to other new economy spaces in terms of tensions, Luxembourg’s unique system of governance and social and cultural context may yield new insights into the policy mobility literature. The paper thus seeks to contribute to the policy mobility literature by bringing into the fold a case study from a somewhat unique urban context, Luxembourg, concerning the under-explored area of policy mobility domain, urban sustainable development. We hypothesize that Luxembourg’s specific urban policy context could reveal limitations of current approaches. Further, by focusing on sustainability as a policy ‘fix’ for spatial planning, we expect to capture additional nuance of the politics of capital accumulation in a highly fragmented, increasingly relational urban and regional setting.
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The paper was one of the early attempts to address and conceptualise inner-city distribution logistics (aka city logistics), that is, the attempt to introduce collaborative modes of goods delivery in urban areas. Different from classical transport studies and engineering approaches, this paper particularly emphasises the role of individual (stakeholder) interests, which represent a major determinant of (and often barrier to) any such collaborative policy schemes. Given the recent calls for introducing a renewed city logistics in the context of e-commerce and the associated rise of last-mile deliveries, it might be wise to include a related perspective on single and collective rationalities, aims and objectives. This was the main reason to bury the 25 yrs-old paper from the archives.
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Logistik – Zauberwort der Raumpolitikin Kommune : Forum für Politik, Ökonomie, Kultur (1992), 10(3), 52-54
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