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Kristof Van Assche
Other affiliations: University of Antwerp, Ghent University, Guy's Hospital ...read more
Bio: Kristof Van Assche is an academic researcher from University of Alberta. The author has contributed to research in topics: Corporate governance & Spatial planning. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 151 publications receiving 2341 citations. Previous affiliations of Kristof Van Assche include University of Antwerp & Ghent University.
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06 Aug 2013
TL;DR: The Evolutionary Governance as Evolution (EGT) model as discussed by the authors is based on the notion of seeing, making, and distributing things, and is used in the EGT model.
Abstract: 1 Introduction- Part I: Governance as Evolution- 2 Theoretical Sources of EGT- 3 Foundational Concepts- Part II: Building Blocks for Evolutionary Governance Theory- 4 Evolutionary Paths- 5 Seeing, Making & Distribution Things- 6 The Power of Stories- 7 Governance Paths and Reality Effects- Part III: Applying EGT- 8 Governance and Its Categories- 9 Overview of the EGT Model- 10 Policy Formulation & EGT: Making Governance Work- Literature
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that Niklas Luhmann has a lot to offer present-day planning theory and argue that planning theory has been engaged with his work only minimally.
Abstract: In this article, we argue that Niklas Luhmann has a lot to offer present-day planning theory. Until now, planning theory has been engaged with Luhmann's work only minimally. Convinced of its potent...
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the risk for worse COVID-19 outcomes in this vulnerable group, the effect of severe mental illnesses and psychotropic medications on vaccination response, the attitudes of people with severe mental illness towards vaccination, and, the potential barriers to, and possible solutions for, an efficient vaccination programme in this population.
106 citations
01 Jan 2012
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyze the shifting selections and roles of knowledge in rapidly evolving rural governance, exemplified by the complex transition of land governance in Khorezm, a province of Uzbekistan.
Abstract: We analyze the shifting selections and roles of knowledge in rapidly evolving rural governance, exemplified by the complex transition of land governance in Khorezm, a province of Uzbekistan. Through a study of the evolution of various organizations involved in land governance at different spatial scales, we reconstruct the changing patterns of formality and informality in the organization and management of land in this irrigated rural area. These patterns, we argue, are crucial in understanding which forms of knowledge could and can play a role in spatial decision‐ making. It is further argued that a widening gap between formal and informal institutions, aggravated by the rhetorical persistence of Soviet planning mythologies, makes it increasingly hard to discern which knowledge plays a role in spatial decision‐making. This situation is bound to hinder planning and development attempts involving the development and application of knowledge. While many observed mechanisms of knowledge selection seem specific to post‐ Soviet transition, we argue that they are present in every situation where planning mythologies and path‐dependencies mark the evolution of rural governance, and that they ought to be studied in their own context before deciding which knowledge could drive development.
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TL;DR: In this article, an evolutionary perspective on spatial planning is developed to investigate the potential contributions of design approaches to the coordination of spatial organization, and the potential contribution of design methods to spatial coordination is investigated.
Abstract: We develop an evolutionary perspective on spatial planning to investigate the potential contributions of design approaches to the coordination of spatial organization. After a re-articulation of th...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the role and ethics of planners acting as sources of misinformation are considered, and a practical and politically sensitive form of progressive planning practice is defined. But the authors do not discuss the role of planners in this process.
Abstract: Abstract Information is a source of power in the planning process. This article begins by assessing five perspectives of the planner's use of information: those of the technician, the incremental pragmatist, the liberal advocate, the structuralist, and the “progressive.” Then several types of misinformation (inevitable or unnecessary, ad hoc or systematic) are distinguished in a reformulation of bounded rationality in planning, and practical responses by planning staff are identified. The role and ethics of planners acting as sources of misinformation are considered. In practice planners work in the face of power manifest as the social and political (mis)-man-agement of citizens' knowledge, consent, trust, and attention. Seeking to enable planners to anticipate and counteract sources of misinformation threatening public serving, democratic planning processes, the article clarifies a practical and politically sensitive form of “progressive” planning practice.
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