Raskeyn, Cheyenne (2023) Towards Area-Oriented Approaches in Transport Infrastructure Planning: A cross-case analysis of European best practices. Master thesis.
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Abstract
The societal and environmental developments of the last decades have a large impact on the transportation networks and their providers. National Road Authorities (NRAs) experience pressure due to the tension between functional interrelatedness and institutional interdependencies, and therefore feel a need for a different approach to planning. To help NRAs transition from a line-oriented or project-oriented planning approach towards an area-oriented approach, several research programs have been executed, e.g. SPINdesign, FLUXNET and Vital Nodes. Through a broad inventory of cases and an in-depth analysis of best practices, the barriers, success factors and conditions of upscaling area-oriented pilots to successful planning practice are studied, in addition to the role of NRAs in this process. The results demonstrate that NRAs lack capacities (e.g. financial resources or knowledge), that they often do not sufficiently prioritise area-oriented approaches (despite their acknowledged importance), and that they tend to lose valuable documentation on projects (negligence). The successes of area-oriented planning lie in collaboration based on joint ownership. Creating a sense of joint ownership is therefore an essential condition for the upscaling process. Furthermore, the results show that the mandate of NRAs is often limited, leading to NRAs not being able to position themselves as area partner in projects. Therefore, it is recommended that (1) NRAs broaden their mandate to position themselves as area partners, (2) to engage in long term, structural and integral partnerships and collaborations, and (3) that they create institutional memory to ensure their continuous learning processes.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Degree programme: | Environmental & Infrastructure Planning |
| Supervisor: | Arts, E.J.M.M. |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Aug 2023 12:45 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Aug 2023 12:45 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4343 |
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