‘Third Wave’ Sustainability? Smart Growth and Regional Development in the USA

Krueger R. and Gibbs D. ‘Third wave’ sustainability? Smart growth and regional development in the USA, Regional Studies. Increasingly concepts of sustainable development are finding their way into local and regional development strategies. This is also true in the USA, though not through the Local Agenda 21 process, as is the case in much of the rest of the world. The approach to ‘sustainable development’ in the USA is a set of policy approaches collectively referred to as ‘smart growth’. Smart growth is sometimes referred to as a uniquely ‘American’ variant of sustainable development. In contrast to Local Agenda 21, smart growth has captured the imagination of American policy-makers, at all spatial scales. Many have lauded smart growth as a market-based approach that promotes the tripartite concerns of sustainability. This paper positions smart growth in the context of broader political economic change and scrutinizes its incentive-based approach through a case study from the Boston, Massachusetts, region. Krueger R. et Gibbs D. Une ‘troisième vague’ de développement durable?: la croissance intelligente et l'aménagement du territoire aux E-U, Regional Studies. De plus en plus, la notion de développement durable fait figure dans les politiques d'aménagement du territoire. Il en va de même pour les E-U, bien que cela ne se passe pas par le canal de l'Agenda 21 local, comme c'est le cas dans la plupart des pays. Aux E-U, l'approche en faveur du ‘développement durable’ se traduit en un ensemble d'approches connues sous le nom de ‘croissance intelligente’. Parfois on considère la croissance intelligente comme une variante du développement durable exclusivement ‘américaine’. Par rapport à l'Agenda 21 local, la croissance intelligente a saisi l'imagination des décideurs américains à tous les niveaux géographiques. Nombreux sont ceux qui ont prôné la croissance intelligente comme une approche de marché qui avance les inquiétudes tripartites du développement durable. Cet article cherche à positionner la croissance intelligente dans le cadre du changement politico-économique plus large et, à partir d'une étude de cas provenant de Boston, dans le Massachusetts, examine minutieusement son approche fondée sur les incitations. Croissance intelligente Développement durable Aménagement du territoire Régions compétitives Krueger R. und Gibbs D. Nachhaltigkeit der ‘dritten Welle’? Smart Growth und Regionalentwicklung in den USA, Regional Studies. In lokalen und regionalen Entwicklungsstrategien spielen Konzepte der nachhaltigen Entwicklung eine immer wichtigere Rolle. Dies ist auch in den USA der Fall, allerdings nicht wie in weiten Teilen der übrigen Welt im Rahmen des Prozesses der lokalen Agenda 21. Der Ansatz für ‘nachhaltige Entwicklung’ besteht in den USA aus verschiedenen politischen Ansätzen mit der gemeinsamen Bezeichnung ‘Smart Growth’. ‘Smart Growth’ wird manchmal auch als rein ‘amerikanische’ Variante der nachhaltigen Entwicklung bezeichnet. Im Gegensatz zur lokalen Agenda 21 stößt ‘Smart Growth’ unter amerikanischen Politikern sämtlicher räumlicher Ebenen auf Anklang. Viele haben dieses Konzept als marktorientierten Ansatz gelobt, der die dreiteiligen Belange der Nachhaltigkeit fördert. In diesem Beitrag wird ‘Smart Growth’ in den Kontext der breiteren wirtschaftspolitischen Veränderungen gestellt und sein förderungsbasierter Ansatz anhand einer Fallstudie aus der Region Boston (Massachusetts) untersucht. Smart growth Nachhaltigkeit Regionalentwicklung Wettbewerbsfähige Regionen Krueger R. y Gibbs D. ¿Sostenibilidad de ‘tercera vía’? Crecimiento inteligente y el desarrollo regional en los EE.UU, Regional Studies. Los conceptos de desarrollo sostenible se orientan cada vez más hacia estrategias de desarrollo locales y regionales. Así ocurre también en los Estados Unidos aunque no a través del proceso de Agenda 21 Local como es el caso en gran parte del resto del mundo. El enfoque de ‘desarrollo sostenible’ en los Estados Unidos es una serie de planteamientos políticos denominados colectivamente ‘crecimiento inteligente’. El crecimiento inteligente a veces también se refiere a una variante exclusivamente ‘americana’ de desarrollo sostenible. En comparación con la Agenda 21 Local, el crecimiento inteligente ha captado la imaginación de los responsables políticos estadounidenses en todas las escalas espaciales. Muchos han alabado el crecimiento inteligente como un enfoque basado en el mercado que fomenta las preocupaciones tripartitas de sostenibilidad. En este ensayo situamos el crecimiento inteligente en el contexto de un cambio económico y político más amplio y efectuamos un escrutinio de su enfoque basado en incentivos mediante un caso práctico de la región de Boston, Massachusetts. Crecimiento inteligente Sostenibilidad Desarrollo regional Regiones competitivas

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