The relationship between urban governance and social interconnection is not an easy. The concepts could even be said to be partially overlapping. Social cohesion is concerned among other things with social contacts and partnerships within the process of urban governance. In this paper specific perspective is the unintended effect of urban governance processes.  There are three different types of cohesion are introduced  horizontal, vertical & institutional. The aim is to ascertain to the level of extent aspects of urban governance such as cooperation among different partners affect these types of social cohesion or interconnection and  this research is based on project that has recently been carried out in two early-post-WWII neighborhoods in the Dutch cities of Utrecht and Hague and both neighborhoods are subjected to urban restructuring policies.

Local governments have adopted area-based and integrative policies to overcome the various problems. Restructuring policies are often carried out at neighborhood level (see, for example, Andersen, 2001). In the Netherlands, the Big Cities Policy (GSB) is the main instrument to improve the situation of these distressed neighborhoods. The policy rests on three pillars: the economic pillar, the physical infrastructure, and the social infrastructure (Van Kempen, 2000). The economic pillar is focused on a reduction of unemployment and the creation of better conditions for new and expanding firms in the city. The physical pillar of this policy aims mainly at the restructuring of the housing stock, while the involvement and participation of the residents is considered of paramount importance within the social pillar of this policy.