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Adaptive Planning for Sustainable Development: Enhancing Decision-Making in Local Development

This paper discusses Ashford's growth program, emphasizing integrated alternatives for effective decision-making and adaptive planning. It highlights the importance of planning as a tool for sustainable development, advocating for innovative technologies and practices within local development plans. Key factors shaping planning include regulatory frameworks, institutional arrangements, and knowledge sharing. The authors emphasize the need for flexible regulations, continuous evaluation, and acceptance of failure as a learning opportunity, to foster innovation and responsiveness in planning practices.

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Adaptive Planning for Sustainable Development: Enhancing Decision-Making in Local Development

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  1. Ashford’s Integrated Alternatives Effective decision-making: Toward adaptive and adapted planning Melanie Muro, Paul Jeffrey & Brian McIntosh Cranfield Water Science Institute

  2. Ashford‘s growth programme –A learning opportunity • Planning key mechanism for delivering sustainable development • No pre-defined single model of and pathway to sustainability • What can be done in planning practice to help promote the uptake of sustainability principles in local development plans and encourage innovative technologies and practices?

  3. Factors shaping planning * Based on document analysis and interviews

  4. Regulatory framework – One size fits all? • National targets / frameworks might result in inappropriate policies & outcomes • Regulations fail to provide incentives to innovative solutions

  5. Institutional arrangements – Closing the implementation gap? • Stakeholder preferences shape policy framing • Burden to demonstrate effectiveness, costs & benefits of new solutions on local authorities

  6. Knowledge and learning – Room for trial and error? • Evolving & emerging policy fields test planners’ expertise

  7. Effective decision-making –Adaptive & adapted planning • Flexible regulatory framework • Allow room for manoeuvre for developing local solutions • Regulations need to keep up with innovation & knowledge

  8. Effective decision-making – Adaptive & adapted planning • Continuous process of plan evaluation & updating • Allow space & time for reflection • Accept failure as a learning opportunity

  9. Effective decision-making – Adaptive & adapted planning • Opportunities for knowledge exchange • Capacity-building within organisations • Include researchers & delivery partners in experiments/pilots (KTP) • ‘Bridging organisations’ to collate & disseminate experiences

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