Incentives and legal Barriers to Smart Growth

1. Incentives and legal Barriers to Smart Growth Professor Ellen Margrethe Basse, Aarhus University, Denmark

2. Social Science Research Topics Important topics within policy and regulation in relation to climate change The Future Climate Change Regime - and its implementation Policy architectures - e.g. improvement of legislation Positive incentives and reduction of barriers Public and private roles and public-private partnerships

3. Important questions Question no. 6: How social science may facilitate the development of appropriate public policy and regulation? Question no. 7: How social science may fill the void between scientists, business people and politicians)?

4. GLOBAL GREEN DEAL revive the world economy, create employment opportunities and protect vulnerable groups reduce carbon dependency, ecosystem degradation and water scarcity limit global warming and damages to major ecosystems

5. Smart growth Refers to urban development approaches Can social science facilitate the development of appropriate public policy and regulation based on such approaches? Colourbox.com Colourbox.

6. US Smart Growth & EU Cohesion Policy Decentralization and partnerships Reducing urban sprawl Rehabilitating the physical environment Improving management of natural resources Investment in sustainable energy and transport

7. Why cities matter Cities are home to most jobs, firms and institutions of higher education and their action is decisive in bringing about social cohesion change based on innovation, spirit of enterprise and economic growth

8. Different incentives Spatial planning and sector planning Investments and Economic instruments Public procurement, taxes, charges, subsidies, liability Partnerships Rules and Agreements E.g. promotion of energy efficiency and renewable energies

9. Prof. Fred Rodell’s description of law ” The Law is the killi-loo bird of the sciences. The killi-loo, of course, was the bird that insisted on flying backwards because it didn’t care where it was going but was mightily interested in where it had been.”

10. Legal traditions Very detailed regulations - based on traditions Protection of the administrative and sector interests (in conflict with the principle of integration?) Protection of private expectations, properties etc. (in conflict with new policy architecture for achieving green growth?) Barriers based on the self-validation: “we are the best ...”

11. Administrative law and old principles Civil law traditions “imported” to Denmark in 1924 by professor Poul Andersen, Copenhagen University Principle of specialization, principle of legality etc. Legal effect of permits, ownership etc. protection of the expectations of the individual owner, permit holder etc. Multiplicity of authorities and separation of competencies/responsibilities