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Impact of planning mandates on local plans: a multi-method assessment. Rudolf, Sophie C. (AUTHOR) Grădinaru, Simona R. (AUTHOR) Hersperger, Anna M. (AUTHOR) [email protected] European Planning Studies. Dec2017, Vol. 25 Issue 12, p2192- 2211. 20p. 1 Diagram, 3 Charts, 1 Graph, 1 Map. Article *Planning *Community development *Urban planning *Sustainable development Social development comprehensive plan intergovernmental coordination plan quality Planning evaluation policy focus 925120 Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development 237210 Land Subdivision 913910 Other local, municipal and regional public administration 926110 Administration of General Economic Programs An increasing number of subnational government bodies mandate municipalities to establish a vision for their future development with a local plan. Outside the U.S., few studies have assessed whether these mandates succeed at increasing formal quality, policy focus and implementation of local plans. In addition, the reasons that prompt governments to impose mandates remain unclear. To tackle these issues, we used a multi-method approach combining interviews, plan content analysis and questionnaires to compare mandated and voluntary planning in Switzerland. Our analysis reveals that mandates only have limited impact on local plans. In particular, they do not produce higher quality plans than voluntary planning and do not improve implementation of policies. Our results

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may imply that (a) planning mandates from subnational governments are ineffective in general or (b) Swiss mandates in particular entail too few requirements and enforcement mechanisms to show a clear effect. Further studies could explore this issue empirically by comparing the characteristics of different planning mandates and assessing their effect on the quality and implementation of local plans. Alternatively, future research efforts could also examine how to find a compromise between mandated and voluntary planning in order to increase local commitment towards plan making. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of European Planning Studies is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.) Department of Landscape Dynamics, Swiss Federal Institute for

Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland 0965-4313 10.1080/09654313.2017.1353592 125435603 Business Source Ultimate

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