ABSTRACT

How can formal planning deal with uncertainty and rapid change while maintaining high standards of procedural certainty? This paper, using Germany as an example, examines how municipalities handle this dilemma within their existing planning systems. Municipalities use different approaches, ranging from regular redrafting to comprehensive changes or regular amendments. Amendments and complementary informal plans are important components of flexibility in planning. We argue that the choice to make frequent amendments instead of redrafting the preparatory land-use plan does not necessarily lead to a loss of a city-wide, long-term perspective, provided amendments are prepared and justified using informal concepts.

摘要

正式规划如何在保持程序确定性的高标准的同时应对不确定性和快速变化？本文以德国为例，探讨了市政当局如何在其现有规划系统中处理这一困境。市政当局使用不同的方法，从定期重新起草到全面修改或定期修正。修正案和补充性非正式计划是规划灵活性的重要组成部分。我们认为，选择频繁修改而不是重新起草预备性土地使用计划并不一定会导致失去全市范围的长期视角，前提是使用非正式概念准备并证明修改是合理的。