Similarities and differences between Serbian and Dutch Spatial Planning Systems (SPSs): Obstacles and advantages for GIS support

Abstract

New socio-economic events within working and living environments are putting pressure on public administration, and especially on multidisciplinary systems for spatial/regional and urban development planning. In order to offer complex responds to turbulent environment and its needs, national Spatial Planning System (SPS) directs institutional-organizational efforts to shape and apply political decisions which would present factors for stable individual and society development. In other words, dynamics of contemporary environment urges national SPS on ever more application of new technology instruments for input collection, its communication within SPS and then translation into information flows needed for coordination of all subsystems within SPS system, and for all SPS end-users. The next poster gives a more detailed analysis of the current Serbian and Dutch SPSs development, aiming to define similarities and differences which would present basis for exchange of good practice and knowledge in future. Approach to topic objective includes comparative description of those two Systems' main features (legal basis, participants, methods and relations) as well as illustration of national spatial development policy flow and organizational models. Problem solving orientation and new operative challenges impose special attention to SPSs' qualities which are adjusted to ICT solutions implementation, and which would support appropriate innovation diffusion and integration of new working models within organization social component.