Intro -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- General introduction -- Part 1 Research framework -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Setting the scene: Spatial Data Infrastructures -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background of SDI development -- 3 Definitions: charting the SDI landscape -- 4 What defines an SDI? -- 4.1 Objectives -- 4.2 Components -- 5 Conceiving SDI in systemic terms -- 5.1 The intermediate role of SDI -- 5.2 The objectives of SDI -- 5.3 The components of SDI -- 6 Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Spatial enablement of processes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 SDI and processes -- 3 Spatial enablement -- 4 Process structure -- 4.1 Concepts -- 4.2 Application to SDI -- 5 Effectiveness of process structures: a modern socio-technical systems approach -- 6 Positioning the current study in the MSTS research tradition -- 7 Changing demands -- 8 Process structures in SDI research -- 9 Research questions and propositions -- 9.1 Research questions -- 9.2 Propositions -- 10 Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Research design -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The study area -- 3 The unit of analysis: the process -- 4 Case selection -- 5 The embedded cases -- 6 Interviews -- 7 Qualitative analysis -- 8 Operationalisation -- 8.1 The inter-organisational level -- 8.2 The intra-organisational level -- 9 Evaluation of the research design -- 9.1 Validity and reliability -- 9.2 Strengths and limitations -- 10 Conclusion -- Part 2 Case studies -- Introduction -- Chapter 4 The Zoning Plans case -- 1 Case description -- 2 The inter-organisational process -- 2.1 Spatial enablement -- 2.2 Process structure -- 2.3 Demands for flexibility -- 3 The intra-organisational processes -- 3.1 RWO -- 3.2 Limburg -- 3.3 West-Vlaanderen -- 3.4 Genk -- 3.5 Kortrijk -- 3.6 Leuven -- 4 Comparative analysis -- 4.1 Process structure and spatial enablement.

4.2 Demands and spatial enablement -- 4.3 Organisational structure, process structure and spatial enablement -- Chapter 5 The Addresses case -- 1 Case description -- 2 The inter-organisational process -- 2.1 Spatial enablement -- 2.2 Process structure -- 2.3 Demands for flexibility -- 3 The intra-organisational processes -- 3.1 Antwerpen -- 3.2 West-Vlaanderen -- 3.3 Leuven -- 3.4 Mechelen -- 3.5 Zwijndrecht -- 4 Comparative analysis -- 4.1 Process structure and spatial enablement -- 4.2 Demands and spatial enablement -- 4.3 Organisational structure, process structure and spatial enablement -- Chapter 6 The Traffic Accidents case -- 1 Case description -- 2 The inter-organisational process -- 2.1 Spatial enablement -- 2.2 Process structure -- 2.3 Demands for flexibility -- 3 The intra-organisational processes -- 3.1 PZ Het Houtsche -- 3.2 PZ VLAS -- 3.3 PZ Leuven -- 3.4 Federal Police -- 3.5 ADSEI -- 3.6 MOW -- 3.7 Vlaams-Brabant -- 3.8 West-Vlaanderen -- 4 Comparative analysis -- 4.1 Process structure and spatial enablement -- 4.2 Demands and spatial enablement -- 4.3 Organisational structure, process structure and spatial enablement -- Chapter 7 The Flood Maps case -- 1 Case description -- 2 The inter-organisational process -- 2.1 Spatial enablement -- 2.2 Process structure -- 2.3 Demands for flexibility -- 3 The intra-organisational processes -- 3.1 Flemish Environment Agency -- 3.2 Flanders Hydraulics Research -- 3.3 Limburg -- 3.4 Vlaams-Brabant -- 3.5 Leuven -- 3.6 Sint-Truiden Water Board -- 4 Comparative analysis -- 4.1 Process structure and spatial enablement -- 4.2 Demands and spatial enablement -- 4.3 Organisational structure, process structure and spatial enablement -- Chapter 8 Comparing the four inter-organisational processes -- 1 Overview of the variable values -- 2 Process structure and spatial enablement.

3 Demands and spatial enablement -- 4 Conclusion -- Chapter 9 Discussion -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Research questions, propositions and conceptual framework -- 2.1 The inter-organisational level -- 2.2 The intra-organisational level -- 2.3 Conclusion -- 3 Inter-organisational chains of intra-organisational subsystems -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Spatial enablement as an aspectsystem -- 3.3 Combinations of multiple production structures -- 3.4 Aligning objectives: mind the gap! -- General conclusion -- Afterword -- Afterword -- Annex 1: Collected definitions of SDI -- References of the collected definitions -- The Spatial Planning Case -- List of case study interviews -- List of explorative interviews -- The Addresses Case -- List of case study interviews -- List of supporting interviews -- List of explorative interviews -- The Traffic Accidents Case -- List of case study interviews -- List of explorative interviews -- The Flood Maps Case -- List of case study interviews -- List of explorative interviews -- References.

In 'Spatial Data Infrastructures at Work', Ezra Dessers introduces spatial enablement as a key concept to describe the realisation of SDI objectives in the context of individual public sector processes. Drawing on four years of research, Dessers argues that it has become essential, even unavoidable, to manage and (re)design inter-organisational process chains in order to further advance the role of SDIs as an enabling platform for a spatially enabled society. Detailed case studies illustrate that the process he describes is the setting in which one can see the SDI at work.

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