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Colouring Inside What Lines? Interference of the Urban Growth Boundary and the Political--Administrative Border of Brussels

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  • Kobe Boussauw
  • Georges Allaert
  • Frank Witlox

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This paper discusses the relationship between the political--administrative border and the urban growth boundary (UGB) around Brussels, the Belgian capital. Our hypothesis is that the interests of the various regions and language groups in Belgium interfere strongly with urban planning policies, implying that the administrative border of the Brussels-Capital Region (BCR) operates in reality as an unintended UGB. Based on demographics, commuter data and property market features, we argue that this situation may cause excessive urban compaction of the BCR, while spillover effects to municipalities that are rather distant from Brussels may result in undesired forms of suburbanization and long-distance commuting.

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  • Kobe Boussauw & Georges Allaert & Frank Witlox, 2013. "Colouring Inside What Lines? Interference of the Urban Growth Boundary and the Political--Administrative Border of Brussels," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(10), pages 1509-1527, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:21:y:2013:i:10:p:1509-1527
    DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2012.722952
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