| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Voters’ acceptance of land use policy measures : a two-level analysis |
| Authors: | Pleger, Lyn Ellen |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.02.001 |
| Published in: | Land Use Policy |
| Volume(Issue): | 63 |
| Page(s): | 501 |
| Pages to: | 513 |
| Issue Date: | 2017 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0264-8377 1873-5754 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Acceptance; Land use policy; Direct democracy; Multilevel analysis |
| Subject (DDC): | 320: Politics 711: Area planning |
| Abstract: | Sustainable spatial planning has become increasingly important during the last decades. Politics tries to counter land use related challenges such as urban sprawl by the implementation of policy measures. In a direct democracy, the implementation of policy measures requires citizens’ acceptance. This paper examines determinants of voters’ policy measure acceptance in the area of spatial planning. The study analyses 18 popular votes on spatial planning measures between 1984 and 2008 in Switzerland. A Bayesian multilevel modelling method is used to estimate both determinants at the individual level as well as the contextual level. Results show that the main individual factor for voters in Switzerland to accept spatial planning measures in a broad sense are the party affiliations of voters. Another important factor for the voting decision is being a homeowner. In contrast, whether voters live in urban or rural areas does not influence such voting decisions. At the contextual level, policy measures which contain incentive and market-based instruments have a higher probability to be accepted than bans and rules. Moreover, the degree of organisational capacity and conflict capability of interests concerned seem to influence democratic acceptance of spatial planning measures. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/11151 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
| Departement: | School of Management and Law |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Public Management (IVM) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Management and Law |
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Pleger, L. E. (2017). Voters’ acceptance of land use policy measures : a two-level analysis. Land Use Policy, 63, 501–513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.02.001
Pleger, L.E. (2017) ‘Voters’ acceptance of land use policy measures : a two-level analysis’, Land Use Policy, 63, pp. 501–513. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.02.001.
L. E. Pleger, “Voters’ acceptance of land use policy measures : a two-level analysis,” Land Use Policy, vol. 63, pp. 501–513, 2017, doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.02.001.
PLEGER, Lyn Ellen, 2017. Voters’ acceptance of land use policy measures : a two-level analysis. Land Use Policy. 2017. Bd. 63, S. 501–513. DOI 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.02.001
Pleger, Lyn Ellen. 2017. “Voters’ Acceptance of Land Use Policy Measures : A Two-Level Analysis.” Land Use Policy 63: 501–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.02.001.
Pleger, Lyn Ellen. “Voters’ Acceptance of Land Use Policy Measures : A Two-Level Analysis.” Land Use Policy, vol. 63, 2017, pp. 501–13, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.02.001.
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