Busch, Malte - LITTORAL 2010 - Land use conflicts in the coastal zone: The potential of informal conflict resolution along the case of JadeWeserPort in Germany

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Land use conflicts in the coastal zone:

Malte Busch

London, 22. September

The potential of informal conflict resolution

along the case of JadeWeserPort in Germany




Content

Land use conflicts

Methodology

Conflict context / DPSIR analysis Conflict chronology

Success factors of informal negotiation

Discussion / Conclusion



Different regional development intentionsoverlap as human claims increase and space islimited

large scale infrastructural projects excludingfurther or co-uses regularly exceed the capacityof established planning processes

>> Result: Land-use conflicts as combination

of an objective space-oriented problem &interpersonal conflict potential between involvedactors


Land use conflicts



Case Study JadeWeserPort

DPSIR-Analysis (Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-

Response-Analysis) to generate understanding of the

conflict context (based on document analysis and

informal discussion with experts)

Guided interviews with members of the informal

working group set up to negotiate compromise to assessthat process


Methodology




Study

Area

JadeWeserPort



Deep water harbour under construction

16,50 m deep shipping

channel

Conflict at the buildingsite itself (environmental

issues & citizen

resistance)

JadeWeserPort


Environmental compensation initiated further conflict in a

neighbouring region (conflict transfer)

>> Focus of this talk: Handling of the conflict arising from

environmental compensation




Functional chain behind the land use conflict:

Land use Land consumption Compensation

Pressure Impact Response




Study

Area

JadeWeserPort




Study

Area

Member of informal working group:

Dike Unions National Park Administration

Env. NGOs (represented by WWF)

Planning experts

mayor of local municipality

© Google maps



Multitude of positive preconditions:

± Broad knowledge base on compensation site

± Actors knew each other / network to build on

± Motivation to establish consensus

± Balanced of decision-making power

Compromise supported by practical constraints

Discrepancy between theory & praxis can besupportive in specific cases


Success factors of informal negotiation




Power structures3 high power

2 medium power 1 low power

0 no power

Busch (2009)




Development concept

Dike openings(JWP; env. Adm.; NGOs)

Succession area(NGOs)

Walking trail &Bird hides(env. Adm.;

local municipality)

Soil excavation

(JWP; Env. Adm.)

Extensive grazing &

enforcement of main dike(Dike unions)

Planungsgruppe Grün (2008)



Central criteria for successful determination of

compromise:

Supportive preconditions can compensate for astrictly methodology-oriented proceeding

Importance of combining technical and personal

conflict resolution potentials to generate

compromise


Discussion



Differentiate between space-oriented and social

conflict dimension

Combine planning & communication tools Raise awareness of administrative and

economic actors to aspects of spatial conflict

dispersion

Recognise actor specific conflict context


Conclusions




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Busch, Malte - LITTORAL 2010 - Land use conflicts in the coastal zone: The potential of informal conflict resolution along the case of JadeWeserPort in Germany