Sticky stories: how civic initiatives connect to regional planning agendas

摘要: In this paper we aim to contribute understanding complex change processes that result from a myriad of social, physical and political in which both governmental non-governmental actors try achieve ambitions. We focus on the role self-organizing civic initiatives how they relate construction regional planning agendas by local governments. How do connect governments can understand consequences? addressed these questions focusing whether enable issues ideas spread through social networks mobilize supporters. Agenda-setting theory framing point realities interactions. Strategic issues, selecting certain aspects ignoring others, is considered powerful agenda-setting strategy. When gets form ‘sticky stories’ chances are enhanced promoted reach tipping point. The findings two case studies Netherlands suggest stories become sticky an interplay between conversations (that travelling stories), concurring circumstances, ‘connectors’ (people who able people, informal formal contexts). Civic perform crucial roles generation spreading stories’. They sometimes better than professional planners policy makers create right contexts, people storylines. ‘Adaptive’ attitudes planners, asked for debates about dealing with complexity planning, may involve embracing enabling forms self-organization connecting unfolding