Evaluating the design of integral urban regeneration plans: combining policy evaluability and plan quality approaches to analyse complex urban policies

Abstract

Integral urban regeneration exemplifies complex urban policies that combine goals across different policy sectors, involving public and non-public actors, and simultaneous implementation in different territories. Their policy design is an essential element in acquiring knowledge about their achievements. Nevertheless, this aspect has received less attention than their implementation or impact. This article introduces a proposal combining policy evaluability and plan quality evaluation approaches. We suggest two main dimensions (readiness and internal consistency) and indices to measure them, providing information to assess plans according to different evaluative aims. The designs of seventy-eight local plans for a southern Spanish region are studied.