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'Third Wave' Sustainability? Smart Growth and Regional Development in the USA

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  • Rob Krueger
  • David Gibbs

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Krueger R. and Gibbs D. 'Third wave' sustainability? Smart growth and regional development in the USA, Regional Studies. Increasingly concepts of sustainable development are finding their way into local and regional development strategies. This is also true in the USA, though not through the Local Agenda 21 process, as is the case in much of the rest of the world. The approach to 'sustainable development' in the USA is a set of policy approaches collectively referred to as 'smart growth'. Smart growth is sometimes referred to as a uniquely 'American' variant of sustainable development. In contrast to Local Agenda 21, smart growth has captured the imagination of American policy-makers, at all spatial scales. Many have lauded smart growth as a market-based approach that promotes the tripartite concerns of sustainability. This paper positions smart growth in the context of broader political economic change and scrutinizes its incentive-based approach through a case study from the Boston, Massachusetts, region. [image omitted] Krueger R. et Gibbs D. Une 'troisieme vague' de developpement durable?: la croissance intelligente et l'amenagement du territoire aux E-U, Regional Studies. De plus en plus, la notion de developpement durable fait figure dans les politiques d'amenagement du territoire. Il en va de meme pour les E-U, bien que cela ne se passe pas par le canal de l'Agenda 21 local, comme c'est le cas dans la plupart des pays. Aux E-U, l'approche en faveur du 'developpement durable' se traduit en un ensemble d'approches connues sous le nom de 'croissance intelligente'. Parfois on considere la croissance intelligente comme une variante du developpement durable exclusivement 'americaine'. Par rapport a l'Agenda 21 local, la croissance intelligente a saisi l'imagination des decideurs americains a tous les niveaux geographiques. Nombreux sont ceux qui ont prone la croissance intelligente comme une approche de marche qui avance les inquietudes tripartites du developpement durable. Cet article cherche a positionner la croissance intelligente dans le cadre du changement politico-economique plus large et, a partir d'une etude de cas provenant de Boston, dans le Massachusetts, examine minutieusement son approche fondee sur les incitations. Croissance intelligente Developpement durable Amenagement du territoire Regions competitives Krueger R. und Gibbs D. Nachhaltigkeit der 'dritten Welle'? Smart Growth und Regionalentwicklung in den USA, Regional Studies. In lokalen und regionalen Entwicklungsstrategien spielen Konzepte der nachhaltigen Entwicklung eine immer wichtigere Rolle. Dies ist auch in den USA der Fall, allerdings nicht wie in weiten Teilen der ubrigen Welt im Rahmen des Prozesses der lokalen Agenda 21. Der Ansatz fur 'nachhaltige Entwicklung' besteht in den USA aus verschiedenen politischen Ansatzen mit der gemeinsamen Bezeichnung 'Smart Growth'. 'Smart Growth' wird manchmal auch als rein 'amerikanische' Variante der nachhaltigen Entwicklung bezeichnet. Im Gegensatz zur lokalen Agenda 21 stosst 'Smart Growth' unter amerikanischen Politikern samtlicher raumlicher Ebenen auf Anklang. Viele haben dieses Konzept als marktorientierten Ansatz gelobt, der die dreiteiligen Belange der Nachhaltigkeit fordert. In diesem Beitrag wird 'Smart Growth' in den Kontext der breiteren wirtschaftspolitischen Veranderungen gestellt und sein forderungsbasierter Ansatz anhand einer Fallstudie aus der Region Boston (Massachusetts) untersucht. Smart growth Nachhaltigkeit Regionalentwicklung Wettbewerbsfahige Regionen Krueger R. y Gibbs D. ¿Sostenibilidad de 'tercera via'? Crecimiento inteligente y el desarrollo regional en los EE.UU, Regional Studies. Los conceptos de desarrollo sostenible se orientan cada vez mas hacia estrategias de desarrollo locales y regionales. Asi ocurre tambien en los Estados Unidos aunque no a traves del proceso de Agenda 21 Local como es el caso en gran parte del resto del mundo. El enfoque de 'desarrollo sostenible' en los Estados Unidos es una serie de planteamientos politicos denominados colectivamente 'crecimiento inteligente'. El crecimiento inteligente a veces tambien se refiere a una variante exclusivamente 'americana' de desarrollo sostenible. En comparacion con la Agenda 21 Local, el crecimiento inteligente ha captado la imaginacion de los responsables politicos estadounidenses en todas las escalas espaciales. Muchos han alabado el crecimiento inteligente como un enfoque basado en el mercado que fomenta las preocupaciones tripartitas de sostenibilidad. En este ensayo situamos el crecimiento inteligente en el contexto de un cambio economico y politico mas amplio y efectuamos un escrutinio de su enfoque basado en incentivos mediante un caso practico de la region de Boston, Massachusetts. Crecimiento inteligente Sostenibilidad Desarrollo regional Regiones competitivas

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  • Rob Krueger & David Gibbs, 2008. "'Third Wave' Sustainability? Smart Growth and Regional Development in the USA," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(9), pages 1263-1274.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:42:y:2008:i:9:p:1263-1274
    DOI: 10.1080/00343400801968403
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