Territorial planning experimentation in Quebec.(Report)

Abstract

Over the last four decades, Quebec has experimented with different procedures for territorial planning, which have been largely concerned with the rational allocation of public resources while focussing strongly on a strategic framework. Each experiment generated interesting results in terra of classical contents that are presented and analysed in this paper. The separation in the planning process between strategists on one side, and actors on the other, has created perverse effects that must be corrected in order to better support development initiatives. The author proposes a more innovative form of planning for Quebec's territories, grounded in theory and also based on the experimentation of the last few decades.

Key words: vision; strategy; action; interaction; innovation; territorial planning; Quebec

Resume

Au cours des quatre dernieres decennies, le Quebec a experimente differentes procedures de planification territoriale. Exercices de planification largement concernes par l'allocation rationnelle des ressources publiques en ciblant fortement sur la dimension strategique. Comme l'illustre ce texte, chaque experience a genere des resultats interessants sous l'angle des contenus classiques. Si plusieurs lecons sont distillees par l'auteur, la separation distincte dans le processus de planification entre les strateges et les acteurs cause des effets pervers qui doivent etre corriges afin que la planification supporte davantage les initiatives de developpement.

L'auteur propose de considerer une forme de planification territoriale plus innovatrice, ancree dans la theorie bien sur mais aussi basee sur l'experience des dernieres decennies.

Mots des: vision; strategie; action; interaction; innovation; planification territoriale; Quebec