The Effectiveness of Local Environmental Policy Planning

Coenen, F.H.J.M. (1996): The Effectiveness of Local Environmental Policy Planning, CSTM Studies and Reports, University of Twente, Enschede.

This report is a summary of a Dutch study, on the success and failure of municipal environmental planning in the Netherlands. The focus of the study is a concept from planning literature and policy practice, which states that planning has certain advantages as compared to everyday decision-making. The study is based on the opinions of Dutch policy-makers at national government level as reflected in government memoranda on environmental planning.