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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Variations of the Entrepreneurial City: Goals, roles and visions in Rotterdam's Kop van Zuid and the Glasgow Harbour Megaprojects
Contributor:
Doucet, Brian
imprint:
Wiley, 2013
Published in:International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1111/j.1468-2427.2012.01182.x
ISSN:
0309-1317;
1468-2427
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Both <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">R</jats:styled-content>otterdam's <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">K</jats:styled-content>op van <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">Z</jats:styled-content>uid and the <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">G</jats:styled-content>lasgow <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">H</jats:styled-content>arbour waterfront developments are examples of different forms of <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">E</jats:styled-content>uropean urban entrepreneurial megaprojects. They are both situated on formerly vacant land in older industrial cities. In <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">R</jats:styled-content>otterdam, the municipality has taken the initiative in planning and developing the megaproject, while in <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">G</jats:styled-content>lasgow, this task has been left to the private sector, with the City functioning as a facilitator. While urban entrepreneurialism and megaprojects have been discussed in academic literature for almost three decades, there are too few case studies which delve into the specific visions guiding these projects, the goals which they are meant to achieve and the positions which different actors play. The aim of this article is to analyze the relationship between these visions, goals and positions of actors in megaprojects and whether these relationships can explain how the different outcomes are produced. What we see is that in municipally‐led projects, entrepreneurial goals are more easily formed and implemented than when the public sector acts only as a facilitator to private developers. It will also argue that it is not only structural contexts which are important in determining the types of megaprojects which get built and the success which they achieve, but also the specific values, visions and goals that different stakeholders have.</jats:p>