Document Type
Research Report
Publication Date
6-2020
Keywords
Cascadia, planning, crossborder, networks, innovation
Abstract
This analysis focuses on different levels of Cross-Border Regional Planning (CBRP) processes in the Cascadia borderland. The region is home to the business-led initiative ‘Cascadia Innovation Corridor’ (CIC), designed to foster cross-border economic integration. The CIC strives to build a global innovation ecosystem in Cascadia, including a new high-speed train to connect Seattle and Vancouver. This paper focuses on the scope of the CIC as a CBRP case. The authors evaluate engagement of city governments and coherency between different planning scales to determine whether the CIC has been addressing the major challenges that may prevent tighter economicintegration in Cascadia. The analysis deploys secondary data as well as primary data collected through surveys and interviews. The results shed light on a discrepancy between supra-regional ‘soft planning’ and the urban planning level. The authors offer an evidence-based proposal to broaden the scope of the CIC from a CBRP standpoint.
Publication Title
International Planning Studies
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/13563475.2020.1779672
Required Publisher's Statement
© 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
Recommended Citation
Cappellano, Francesco; Richardson, Kathrine; and Trautman, Laurie, "Cross Border Regional Planning: Insights from Cascadia" (2020). Border Policy Research Institute Publications. 120.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/bpri_publications/120
Subjects - Topical (LCSH)
Regional planning--Northwest, Pacific; Borderlands-- Northwest, Pacific
Geographic Coverage
Northwest, Pacific
Genre/Form
articles
Type
Text
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Language
English
Format
application/pdf