Relevanz, Wandel und Anforderungen wissenschaftlicher Politikberatung in der Raumplanung
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2017-12-18
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Evidenced based planning is a salient issue and evokes questions about the role of expertise and
scientific policy advice in spatial planning. The paper considers recent trends in the debate on
scientific policy advice (crises of expertise, privatization/democratization of expertise, blurring
of boundaries between science and policy) and reflects upon these trends against the
background of the particular situation of scientific policy advice in spatial planning in Germany.
Many insights from the wider debate on policy advice also hold true for spatial planning.
However, spatial planning, at least in Germany, reveals some particularities. The scientific
foundation of spatial planning is interdisciplinary and the gap between science and practice is
probably less visible compared to other scientific disciplines. This makes dualistic approaches
(science – policy boundaries) questionable. At the same time recent trends towards
Gesellschaftsberatung (advice for society), transformative science and transdisciplinarity are
attractive directions in spatial planning.