Rapporteur | Vincent Nadin  Former head of the Department of Urban Planning, Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, tenured professor, overseas famous teacher of the School of Architecture, South China University of Technology

Introduction

On September 26th, 2021, a special session on Resilient Development and Adaptive Planning in the Greater Bay Area was organized by the School of Architecture of South China University of Technology (SCUT) in Chengdu through a combination of online and offline methods. Professor Vincent Nadin, former head of the Department of Urban Planning at the School of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, and a renowned overseas teacher at the School of Architecture, South China University of Technology, gave a presentation entitled Spatial Governance and Regional Cooperation in Bay Area Polycentric City Clusters. From the perspective of European spatial governance, Prof. Nadin presented experiences and suggestions for regional spatial development.

Professor Nadine points out that the current planning inertia of numerous siloed decisions, anti-collaborative lack of departmental cooperation cannot meet the current spatial governance challenges. It should be recognized that urban planning is not only a tool for control, but also a tool for promoting cross-collaboration.

Based on European planning research, Professor Nadine proposes seven steps to enhance collaboration: 1. assess the performance of collaboration and understand the costs of non-collaboration; 2. harmonize language/terminology/territorial governance units and data sets; 3. collaborate voluntarily; 4. develop obligations, incentives and sanctions; 5. establish joint statutory bodies with planning powers; 6. sectoral policies should consider the impact on the homeland; 7. tailor Customization and reform of planning tools.

Finally, he suggested that the current planning system should be built on a diverse portfolio of tools to achieve collaborative planning, and that the transition from rigid regulatory planning to collaborative planning with flexibility must be achieved.