A negotiation decision model for public–private partnerships in brownfield redevelopment. Issue 1 (January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Glumac, B; Han, Q; Schaefer, W
• Is Part Of: Environment & planning. Volume 45:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 145
• Page End: 160
• Publication Date: 2018-01
• Subjects: Negotiation -- brownfield redevelopment -- public–private partnership -- hybrid negotiation model -- latent class model -- strategic choice model; City planning -- Periodicals; Urban ecology (Sociology) -- Periodicals; 307.11605
• DOI: 10.1177/0265813516668854
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2399-8083

Abstract

Urban development cannot proceed without the commitment of multiple actors, because decision-making processes have become more and more interdependent. This article supports better decision-making in brownfield redevelopment projects in cases where the project realization depends on a public–private partnership between a municipality and a developer. In a broader sense, in this research, we investigate how the negotiation process in brownfield redevelopment projects can be improved by providing an understanding of the characteristics of a brownfield area and the interaction between the parties involved. In order to improve the process, a negotiation decision model is proposed. This is a hybrid model consisting of five phases. Its novelty lies in the combination of a latent class model and a strategic choice model that can be formulated as a prescriptive-interactive approach in decision theory. The hybrid negotiation model is applied to a reconstructed case study in order to present its possibilities. Accordingly, three applications of the model are introduced, and in each application the beneficiary is a municipality. Although using decision models for brownfield redevelopment projects has already been thoroughly studied, there is little evidence concerning the prescriptive-interactive component built into existing models.