Public accountability to residents in contractual urban redevelopment (PARCOUR)

合同、契约、细则和其他监管文书被用作规划工具，以监管参与先前开发的土地再生的行为者（来自公共、私营和民间部门）。PARCOUR认为，合同关系创造了一种特定的治理形式，对可持续城市发展（SUD）项目的民主合法性具有重要影响。更具体地说，通过研究巴西、英国和荷兰的各种规划工具，PARCOUR将对居民的公共责任进行比较评估。同样重要的是要认识到，通过使用这些规划工具实现公共利益和公共部门在合同过程中的问责制都没有得到研究。该主题与“治理与民主”呼吁的第3.2.3节相关，特别是与回答“关于城市环境的治理决定如何与土地、财产市场、权利和私营部门相互作用”的“贫困、不平等和脆弱性”一节相关。以及规划工具考虑这些相互作用的程度。“PARCOUR的主要成果将是明确评估公共问责制，明确界定公共利益，重点是通过互动研究在公共当局中传播这一知识。该项目分为三个阶段：1）案头研究：了解在不同背景下构建和实施公共利益的不同方式; 2）实地工作和分析：测试能够为公共利益实施行动的规划工具的合法性; 3）传播：将结果分发给学术界和实践。

Contracts, deeds, by-laws and other regulatory instruments are used as planning tools to regulate actors (from the public, private and civil sectors) involved in the regeneration of previously developed land. PARCOUR argues that contractual relationships create a specific form of governance that have important implications for the democratic legitimacy of projects for Sustainable Urban Development (SUD). More specifically by studying diverse planning tools in Brazil, UK and the Netherlands, PARCOUR will engage in the comparative evaluation of public accountability in relation to residents. It is also important to acknowledge that both the realisation of the public interest through the use of these planning tools and the accountability of the public sector in contractual processes are under researched. This topic is relevant to section 3.2.3 of the Call on "Governance and Democracy", specifically to the "Poverty, inequality and vulnerability" section in answering "How governance decisions on the urban environment interact with land, property markets, rights, and the private sector. And the extent to which planning tools take account of these interactions." The main outcome of PARCOUR will be the clear evaluation of public accountability, and clear definition of public interest, focusing on dissemination of this knowledge among public authorities with interactive research. The project has 3 phases: 1) Desk research: Understanding different ways in which the public interest is constructed and operationalised in diverse contexts; 2) Field work and analysis: Testing the legitimacy of the planning tools that are able to implement actions for the public interest; 3) Dissemination: Distributing the results to academy and practice.