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To examine planner-level variation in statutory sustainability regulations and evaluate how these regulatory profiles relate to planners' self-assessed knowledge, importance, and perceived opportunity to influence plan content.

August 20, 2026Urban Research & PracticeOpen Access

Planner-level variation in sustainability regulation: agency in statutory planning practice

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MJMari JaakonahoTampere University

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Mixed-methods study reveals that sustainability regulations align with planners' knowledge and perceived opportunity rather than assigned importance, highlighting individual agency in planning.

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To examine planner-level variation in statutory sustainability regulations and evaluate how these regulatory profiles relate to planners' self-assessed knowledge, importance, and perceived opportunity to influence plan content.
Combined quantitative analysis of local detailed plan regulations with survey-based self-assessments and qualitative responses.
Linked legally binding planning regulations directly to individual statutory planners working within shared institutional conditions.
Identified measurable planner-level variation in legally binding sustainability regulations despite shared institutional frameworks.
Observed regulatory frequency aligned more closely with planners' self-assessed knowledge and reported opportunity to influence than with the importance they assigned to sustainability.

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Mari Jaakonaho (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a86b5978a91293e6a1ccfc4 https://doi.org/10.1080/17535069.2026.2713585

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Mixed-methods study reveals that sustainability regulations align with planners' knowledge and perceived opportunity rather than assigned importance, highlighting individual agency in planning.

Planner-level variation in sustainability regulation: agency in statutory planning practice

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Planner-level variation in sustainability regulation: agency in statutory planning practice

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