THE MECHANICS OF SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT: The case of Lanxmeer, Culemborg, NL

Sustainable urban development projects are initiated almost every day. They are the results of very dynamic processes during which a number of decisions have to be taken according to the local conditions. Eventually each project follows its own path. The aim of this paper is to gain insight in the mechanics of sustainable urban development in order to better understand why certain pathways are chosen rather than others. To do so we propose a methodology to analyze sustainable urban developments and apply it to EVA-Lanxmeer, a project completed in Culemborg, the Netherlands. Ultimately, applying this methodology could help formulating recommendations for urban planners interested in starting and running such a process