The managerial turn and municipal land-use planning in Switzerland – evidence from practice

Planning Theory and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 192-209

  Gerber, Jean David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

land policy; Managerial turn; New Public Management; policy instruments; property rights; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

LAND USE PLANNING; PLANNING PRACTICE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY REFORM; PROPERTY RIGHTS;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84963606498     PISSN: 14649357     EISSN: 1470000X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649357.2016.1161063     Document Type: Article

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