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.