International Seminar on Global Metropolitan Delta’s 2017 Towards a flat ontology of Institutional Innovation: lessons learned from early watermanagement perspectives

1. Towards a flat ontology of
Institutional Innovation
lessons learned from early watermanagement perspectives
Luuk Boelens
Seminar DeltaUrbanism,Thursday 30-03-17

2. A vertical ontology
top-down
bottom-up
Cor van Eesteren 1947
Cornelis van Eesteren 1954

3. A vertical ontology
top-down
bottom-up
Source: Sherry R.Arnstein, 1969
1950s/1970s
blueprint planning
1970s/1980s
participation planning
1990s/2010s
collaborative planning
2000s/....
participatory budgetting
Cor van Eesteren 1947
Cornelis van Eesteren 1954 Sherry Arnstein 1969

4. A horizontal ontology
top-down
bottom-up
alliances
pacts
commons
co-ops
Habermas 1981-1984

5. A flat ontology
top-down
bottom-up
Deleuze/Guattari 1981

6. Actant
Network
Actor Network Theory
Callon 1986, Law 2004, Latour 2005
Intermediary Mediator

7. Actor Leading Actors
StructureOrganization Institution
Agency
Structuration
Giddens 1984
Structuration Theory

8. source: Bob Jessop 2001
Relational Approach

9. Boelens 2005-2009
Actor Relational Approach to Planning

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Differential System Theory
source: Niklas Luhmann 1998

11. Case
Birth of Watermanagement

12. County of Flanders 862-1795
source: Crimson history, situation around 850 A.D.

13. West-Flanders 1st half 11th century

15. West-Flanders 2nd half 11th century

16. Monastry Oudenborg/St.Pieters abbey 1084-1797
source: Flandria Illustrata 1641

17. West-Flanders 1st half 12th century

19. West-Flanders 2nd half 12th century

20. Brugge
Sluys
Damme
Oostende
Nieuwpoort
Dixmuyde
Sevekote
Oudenborg
Aerdenborch Biervliet
Blankenberg
source: Willem Janszoon Blaeu 1664
Brugse Vrije 1127-1795

21. West-Flanders 1st half 13th century

22. North-Flanders 15th-17th century

23. Institutional Innovation Watermanagement
custom law
< 11th century
private law
>12th century
hem law
>13th century
custom law
< 11th century
private law
>12th century
hem law
>13th century
public law
>14th century
professional law
>15th century

24. Waterboards/ Watering
Occidental Urban Development
VOC/WIC
Agricultural Corporations
Housing Corporation
Delta Governance

25. Outline

26. Planning for the future Hem law Private law
1. From growth to reuse navigating mutual value from property to use rights
2. Eco-services boundary spanning functional cross-overs
3. Energytransition co-evolution of grid/production for selforganisation
4. Climate change social resilience (3.0) adaptive possibilities
5. Migration/ageing integrated care communities health in planning 2.0
6. Nearshoring
consumer supporting
production
networks more than clusters
7. Shared mobility mobility as a service tactical public spacing
Planning of the future/the future of planning

27. Planning for the future Hem law Private law
1. From growth to reuse navigating mutual value from property to use rights
2. Eco-services boundary spanning functional cross-overs
3. Energytransition co-evolution of grid/production for selforganisation
4. Climate change social resilience (3.0) adaptive possibilities
5. Migration/ageing integrated care communities health in planning 2.0
6. Nearshoring
consumer supporting
production
networks more than clusters
7. Shared mobility mobility as a service tactical public spacing
Planning of the future/the future of planning

28. Planning for the future Hem law Private law
1. From growth to reuse shareholding from property to use rights
2. Eco-services regional trade off systems functional cross-overs
3. Energytransition energy corporations for selforganisation
4. Climate change social resilience (3.0) adaptive possibilities
5. Migration/ageing integrated care communities health in planning 2.0
6. Nearshoring
consumer supporting
production
networks more than clusters
7. Shared mobility mobility as a service tactical public spacing
Planning of the future/the future of planning

29. Planning of undefined becoming !