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79 Introduction The aim of this study is to examine the impact of structural characteristics of a process on its level of spatial enablement.While Part 1 of this book laid out the theoretical dimensions of the research and described the research design, this second part presents the results of theanalysisofthefourcases.Fourprocesseshavebeenselectedascases:thedevelopment of zoning plans; the management of address data; the management of traffic accident registrations; and the mapping of flood areas. Within each case, a further selection was made of five to eight organisations as embedded cases. The relation between process structure and spatial enablement is studied at two levels. At the intra-organisational level, a comparative analysis of the selected organisations (or embedded cases) is performed for each of the four cases. At the inter-organisational level a comparative analysis of the four cases is conducted. Part 2 has been divided in six chapters. The first four chapters each deal with one of the cases, while the fifth chapter presents a comparative analysis of the four cases. In the final chapter the research results are discussed. It is important to note that these chapters describe the inter-organisational processes and the selected organisations as they were observed at the time of the interviews (2009 – 2010). It should be clear that organisations evolve, and that the current situation is likely to differ from the one described in this book. Furthermore, the book does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the interviewees nor the views of their organisations. ...