Governing by New Institutionalist Political Ecology

To address the impacts of densification on social sustainability, this book follows a multidisciplinary theoretical approach based on three theoretical strands: public policy analysis (land use planning as a public policy), new institutional economics (role of property rights) and political ecology (conceptualization of power). In addition, these concepts are linked to human geography (actor-centered perspective, construction of space) as well as housing (gentrification, social segregation) and sustainability (resources use) studies. The analytical framework of the Institutional Resource Regimes (IRR) makes it possible to connect these different disciplines. The IRR enables to conceptualize the combined effect of public policies and property rights on the regulation of use rights to the land and housing resources. In general, this multidisciplinary theoretical approach allows to point out and highlight the limited amount of recent scientific research on the crucial role played by power in spatial development.