Policy networking as capacity building:An analysis of regional road development conflict in Indonesia

This article explores the potential of policy networking as an important aspect of capacity building. It deals with a road development project related to the regional planning issue of North Bandung Area (NBA), a water catchment area facing the expansion of Bandung Metropolitan Area, West Java, Indo...

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Published in:Planning theory (London, England) England), 2010-11, Vol.9 (4), p.315-332
Main Authors: Hudalah, Delik, Winarso, Haryo, Woltjer, Johan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activism
Community capacity building
Conflict
Decision making
Development Programs
Economic development
Empowerment
Environmental legislation
Environmental policy
Experts
Governance
Indonesia
Journalists
Learning
Metropolitan Areas
Mobilization
Network analysis
Networks
NGOs
Nongovernmental organizations
Policies
Policy networks
Political debate
Politicians
Regional
Regional planning
Roads
Social & emotional learning
Social interaction
Social Learning
Sustainability
Transformations
Urban planning
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Summary:This article explores the potential of policy networking as an important aspect of capacity building. It deals with a road development project related to the regional planning issue of North Bandung Area (NBA), a water catchment area facing the expansion of Bandung Metropolitan Area, West Java, Indonesia. The debate on the road development proposal is reconstructed to illustrate how an environmental policy network is built by committed experts, politicians, NGO activists and journalists to prevent a pro-growth project from realization. The analysis also indicates the potential contribution of such a network to the transformation of governance that is more responsive to the issues of environmental quality and regional sustainability. This potential contribution is reflected by the role of the policy network in the mobilization of discursive knowledge, empowerment of weak actors, and social learning in the decision-making process.
ISSN:1473-0952
1741-3052
DOI:10.1177/1473095210368776