Barriers to, and enablers for, stakeholder collaboration in risk-sensitive urban planning: a systematised literature review

Ganeshu, P; Fernando, TP; Keraminiyage, KP

Abstract

The lack of stakeholder collaboration has been recognised as a prominent hindrance in implementing risk-sensitive urban planning for creating resilient environments for communities against climate-induced risks. This study presents the outcome of a systematised literature review that was conducted to identify the barriers to stakeholder collaboration, as well as the enablers that assist stakeholder collaboration in risk-sensitive urban planning. The study identified thirty-three barriers which were classified under thirteen themes and four major categories (external barriers, inter-organisational barriers, intra-organisational barriers, and personal barriers). The review also identified forty-five enablers which can be used in surmounting the identified barriers. The dependency analysis of the barriers, conducted by adopting the interpretive structural modelling approach, shows that the barriers with a high driving power are external barriers, which are political barriers, policies and legislation-related barriers, and governance-related barriers that are beyond the organisational boundary and control. The research found that the enablers to overcome those high driving barriers are gaining political support for implementing inter-organisational collaboration or adapting the apolitical approach for the collaboration process, strengthening the laws and forming adaptive policies to support collaboration, and establishing transparent and accountable collaborative governance.

Citation

Ganeshu, P., Fernando, T., & Keraminiyage, K. (2023). Barriers to, and enablers for, stakeholder collaboration in risk-sensitive urban planning: a systematised literature review. Sustainability, 15(5), 4600

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 2, 2023
• Publication Date: Mar 4, 2023
• Deposit Date: Mar 6, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 6, 2023
• Journal: Sustainability
• Publisher: MDPI
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 4600
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/su15054600