eprintid: 3536
rev_number: 5
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datestamp: 2021-07-07 12:22:50
lastmod: 2021-07-07 12:22:50
status_changed: 2021-07-07 12:22:50
type: thesis
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sword_depositor: 1
creators_name: Laman, Ruben
creators_id: S2976897
creators_email: rubenmatthijslaman@gmail.com
title: From Plan to Reality(?): The Influence of Informal  Soft Planning on Climate Adaptation. Learning lessons from past informal soft plans through plan-evaluation to enhance the  relevancy of future plans
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: The climate crisis pressurizes Dutch living environments and livelihoods. Because climate mitigation approaches have proven insufficient and more severe climate change is imminent, more climate-adaptive measures and investments must be implemented. Spatial planning can play a critical role herein because of the strong spatial component of climate adaptation. Within the spatial planning spectrum, different approaches can be distinguished, in which informal soft planning and formal hard planning are opposites. Formal hard plans such as the Delta-programmes result in direct outcomes in the outside world and hereby contribute to climate adaptation. Informal soft plans on the other hand cannot do so and are dependant on their proposals being translated, transferred or implemented into formal hard plans. To achieve this, informal soft plans must be used and they, therefore, have to land in the policy- and decision-making discourse. In contributing to climate adaptation, informal soft plans thus attempt to influence formal hard plans. Through the evaluation of informal soft plans for the Northern Netherlands region, this research has determined the influence of past informal soft plans on climate adaptation. With the derived insights, the relevancy of future plans can be enhanced. Informal soft plans have been analysed and discussed in in-depth interviews with governmental policy- and decision-makers from the Northern Netherlands. The findings show that plans have been influential, but their relevancy can be enhanced by proposing concrete regional measures, involving 
authorities, aiming to be useful, making use of atelier sessions, and capitalizing on outspoken ambitions.
date: 2021
pages: 98
thesis_type: master
degree_programme: EIP
tutors_name: Kempenaar, J.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Planologie
tutors_email: J.Kempenaar@rug.nl
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keywords_local: climate adaptation
keywords_local: informal soft planning
keywords_local: strategic spatial planning
keywords_local: plan-evaluation
keywords_local: plan influence
keywords_local: the Northern Netherlands
keywords_local: policy-making
keywords_local: decision-making
keywords_local: plan-making
language_iso: en
agreed_repository: yes
date_issued: 2021-07-07
citation:   Laman, Ruben  (2021) From Plan to Reality(?): The Influence of Informal Soft Planning on Climate Adaptation. Learning lessons from past informal soft plans through plan-evaluation to enhance the relevancy of future plans.  Master thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3536/1/Final_Version_MasterThesisEIP_Ruben_Laman_2021.pdf