http://repub.eur.nl/res/aut/6278/ List of Publications en http://repub.eur.nl/static-eur/img/logo.png http://repub.eur.nl http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/39701/ 2013-03-25T00:00:00Z This article focuses on the incorporation of values in visioning, an early stage of landscape planning from a social learning perspective. After an introduction of social learning in planning and visioning directed at expert knowledge and public values, two visioning cases are evaluated. The authors assess methods of making public values manifest and ways to include them in the visioning process. The cases show that surveys, semi-structured interviews and the emphasis on values during the visioning exercise itself were suitable methods to acquaint civilians with both their own values and those of others. The explicit values made communication more effective and enhanced social learning. In both cases, the civilians proved to be capable of expressing their values and visioning in conjunction with experts. The article concludes with the impact of integrating values in landscape planning, the learning process that emerged between the stakeholders and the implication of the findings for visioning practices elsewhere. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/30702/ 2011-10-12T00:00:00Z Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are computer programs that are able to bring large amounts of data of both the physical and the social system together in one comprehensive overview shown digitally. GIS occurred very rapidly on the Dutch policy agenda. In this paper we analyze how the fast introduction process of GIS-based instruments in water management and more specifically in river flood management can be explained. By applying a range of classical models on agenda-setting, we show the important contribution of GIS to the water and flood issue in current spatial planning and policy development in the Netherlands. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/26366/ 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z In many places in the world the effects of common floods are increased by climate change. In the area around the Indonesian city of Semarang, the number and effects of tidal flooding are becoming more and more severe. We found that the inhabitants used different strategies against the impact of flooding. In both the existing and the predicted flood prone areas, most people appear not to intend to leave the area, even when the floods become everyday routine. People are connected to their dwellings in a way that abandoning is not a realistic scenario. This study provides relevant information about the way people in the affected areas perceive flood risks and adaptation opportunities. Governmental policy-makers and urban planners could base their strategies and actions on this information. © 2011 The Authors. Journal of Flood Risk Management http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/26325/ 2011-01-14T00:00:00Z Abstract. One of the ongoing discussions in water resource governance in India is on the revival of the river and lake systems. The new water-system as infrastructures are proving to be the connectors in the current societal (urban) development as they did in the times of traditional water management and old settlement pattern. Rivers and lakes have different social, ecological and economical demands made on them at different periods of societal development and that made them vulnerable to change. One of the core challenges documented in the governance of rivers and lakes in India is addressing the rapid changes in these value systems. Effectively addressing the change (or priority) in the values of water systems and urban systems linked to the governance can be a major step towards sustainability of these systems. There is still limited understanding of how the values of water resource systems are progressively linked to changing urban systems and how upward and downward causation linkages occur within the systems as well as across diverse sectors and scales of governance. The PhD research on ‘Sustainability of urban lake systems in India’ is an attempt to look at the interactions and outcomes of the spatial and temporal dynamics of urban systems and lake systems especially the values that sustain the institutional and ecological memory. The paper highlights the relationship and the role of values between urban lakes systems (ecological systems) and governance (social systems) and identifies that sustainability of both the systems is the key towards sustainable cities. The multitier framework for analyzing the social-ecological systems is used as the foundation to elaborate the link of the values with urban lake systems and governance in the context of Ahmedabad city. Then Vastrapur lake development in Ahmedabad is studied to elaborate the role of values http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/26367/ 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Water governance in urban areas is inherently complex and challenging. During recent decades, water management has increasingly been focusing on integration of the different economic demands regarding water resources. Modern water governance takes the whole water system into account in its aim to optimise the different values of the water system, in close interaction with stakeholders. This paper applies the modern, interactive approach to the management of floods in a country considered to be one of the world's most flood-prone and vulnerable: Bangladesh. Are the pillars of modern water governance practiced in its metropolitan capital Dhaka? The current institutional setting of flood management is analysed following the main pillars of the interactive water management framework: integration, river basin approach, sustainability and interaction. Based on the analysis, general recommendations are formulated to bring further innovation to water and flood management in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and other great deltas in the world. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/17575/ 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Abstract: water management deals with great challenges regarding the demand for the many valuable functions water systems provide. The optimisation of the different values can be met with institutional arrangements that include the values in decision-making processes. Instruments like (Societal) Cost Benefit Analysis and participation of stakeholders and public could enhance this optimisation, resulting in more sustainable water management. The concepts of value-based governance and co-valuation are presented, that enable value chains to provide the highest collective value. Illustrations of water system change are provided in which the theoretical approach of Elinor Ostrom (1990) towards Common Pool Resources Management is applied in regional implementation of the EU-Water Framework Directive. Further exploration requires extended research about how the valuation process should be institutionalized, about which values are to be included in the value concept and about which variables are relevant for value-based governance. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/17577/ 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/17986/ 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/15890/ 2008-12-01T00:00:00Z Country location influences the institutional surroundings of the infrastructures related to water systems. In the Netherlands, water management has its own particularities. Temporarily inflow of affluent water from the rivers or the sea resulted in a highly developed institutional setting based on flood risk prevention. From an economic perspective, managing water is about allocating and using water in an effective and efficient way. This article deals with the coordination problem related to multi functionality of water systems. ‘Allocation efficiency’ is the issue. The diversity of water systems such as rivers, lakes, ditches or groundwater is multifunctional and within the systems, demand is competing. Decision makers should be aware of the different aspects of infrastructures that interfere with water systems. Further on in the decision-making, these aspects need to be valued. This may be done explicitly (for example in a formal cost-benefit analysis) or implicitly. Implicit valuation takes place when the outcome of a choice is expressed without an explicit weight and value of the effects a project has. The focus of this article is on economic drivers that express values to decision makers and thereby may stimulate the implementation of planned water projects. The problem addressed here is how these economic drivers may be institutionalized and what institutional (re-)designs are necessary to organize the coordination problem related to the multi functionality of water systems. It is part of participative water management that, under the name of Joint Planning Approach (JPA), is developed during the ‘Freude am Fluss’ international project that aims at formulating and realizing adaptation strategies in water management, specifically the realization of more space for rivers. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/26292/ 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z This paper is part of the Freude am Fluss (FaF) project. The FaF project is focused on the opportunities of changing water management regimes for alternative spatial planning, flood-awareness and new economic development. It is a co-operation between German, French and Dutch knowledge institutes and universities and government departments. A key component of FaF is the active incorporation of all river basin stakeholders into the design and decision making processes around alternative spatial planning, the so-called Joint Planning Approach (JPA). The Joint Planning Approach in FAF incorporates the thinking that the performance of water systems has an ecological, social and economic dimension. It assists the capturing of the total economic value of innovative regional planning by measuring the economic value realized by managing the multi-functional dimensions of water systems. The JPA is supported by various documents that elaborate on specific important elements. One of the elements of JPA is the economic base of the projects, in other words, the economic drivers for the realistion of ‘Room for the River’. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/7650/ 2006-04-03T00:00:00Z Dit onderzoek heeft betrekking op enerzijds het ontwikkelen van een transparante methodiek voor het bepalen van de sociale en economische effecten van subsidies en anderzijds het toepassen van de ontwikkelde methodiek voor het bepalen van sociale, economische en ook milieueffecten van potentieel milieuschadelijke subsidies. De resultaten kunnen worden benut bij de besluitvor-ming over het al of niet aanpassen of afschaffen van deze subsidies. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/1852/ 2005-01-10T00:00:00Z Een achtergrondstudie van maatschappelijke, ruimtelijke en technologische trends ten behoeve van de planvorming rond de as Haarlemmermeer-Almere http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/10163/ 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z A main reason for the persistence of current water pollution lies in the diffuse character of many of its sources. For a large part such diffuse pollution is related to the production, use and waste of various kinds of products. For the reduction of this pollution, a product oriented policy strategy, based on interaction with stakeholders could be more successful than the traditional measures of direct regulation that were devised for point source reduction. In this article we identify different types of product policy, and explore the potential benefits and costs for water quality management. The methods that can be used in a product policy approach are illustrated with some examples. Although the specific advantages for water quality management have not been quantified yet, governments increasingly recognise the potential positive effects. In this context, the European Water Framework Directive, in stimulating product policy by enhancing public and stakeholders’ participation, can be considered to be part of a general development towards interactive water management. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/1853/ 2004-11-01T00:00:00Z http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/1151/ 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/1851/ 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/21847/ 2003-10-16T00:00:00Z This paper considers the possibilities for interactive policy-making in European water management. In the new European Water Framework Directive, public information and consultation are major elements in the procedure (process) that leads to River Basin Management Plans. In general, decision making in integrated water management should not be limited to the application of models and desk studies. Important decisions need a high level of participation. In this interactive approach, visions, ideas, patterns of behaviour and solutions to perceived problems of different societal actors can be identified and incorporated into the decision-making process. For example, farmer organisations, environmental groups and associations of house owners, but also individual citizens often have various and differing ideas about measures that change the physical, chemical or biological characteristics of a river basin. Well-organised interaction has two main potential advantages: 1. The quality of the decision will be higher because specific knowledge of people involved and their different views are taken into consideration. 2. The interaction enables exchange of information which can lead to a better understanding of the ins and outs of the specific situation and in this way contribute to public support. By means of two examples of water related policy issues in Europe, i.e. economic approaches in the Water Framework Directive and Integrated Product Policy, various opportunities for pluralistic as well as corporatist types of participation in modern water management are presented and discussed. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/740/ 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z This paper considers the possibilities for interactive policy-making in European water management. In the new European Water Framework Directive, public information and consultation are major elements in the procedure (process) that leads to River Basin Management Plans. In general, decision making in integrated water management should not be limited to the application of models and desk studies. Important decisions need a high level of participation. In this interactive approach, visions, ideas, patterns of behaviour and solutions to perceived problems of different societal actors can be identified and incorporated into the decision-making process. For example, farmer organisations, environmental groups and associations of house owners, but also individual citizens often have various and differing ideas about measures that change the physical, chemical or biological characteristics of a river basin. Well-organised interaction has two main potential advantages: 1. The quality of the decision will be higher because specific knowledge of people involved and their different views are taken into consideration. 2. The interaction enables exchange of information which can lead to a better understanding of the ins and outs of the specific situation and in this way contribute to public support. By means of two examples of water related policy issues in Europe, i.e. economic approaches in the Water Framework Directive and Integrated Product Policy, various opportunities for pluralistic as well as corporatist types of participation in modern water management are presented and discussed. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/15782/ 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In dit artikel wordt nader inge-gaan op deze historische ontwikkeling naar grensoverschrijdende en meer op interactie gebaseerde vormen van waterbeheer. De belangrijkste resultaten van een onderzoek naar de institutionalisering van duurzaam waterbeheer in een grensoverschrijdende context1 komen aan de orde. Uit een analyse van de geschiedenis van het Nederlandse waterbeheerscon-cept, de literatuur over recente visies op het omgaan met water en diverse afspraken over het beheer van grensoverschrijdende wateren is een streefbeeld voor het waterbeheer gedestilleerd. Dit modelwaterbeheer, dat de naam ‘interactief watermanagement’ heeft gekregen, is getoetst aan de praktijk van het waterbeheer in verschillende plaatsen in de wereld. Het resultaat is een incrementeel invoeringstraject dat bij beleidsbeslissingen over grensoverschrijdende watersystemen een nuttig perspectief kan bieden. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/735/ 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Na de invoering van de Europese Kaderrichtlijn Waterbeleid (EU 2000) zullen diverse veranderingen worden doorgevoerd in het waterbeheer van de landen van de Europese Unie. De grondgedachten van de richtlijn passen binnen een evolutie in het denken over waterbeheer, die de laatste jaren in een stroomversnelling is terechtgekomen. In dit artikel wordt nader ingegaan op deze historische ontwikkeling naar grensoverschrijdende en meer op interactie gebaseerde vormen van waterbeheer. De belangrijkste resultaten van een onderzoek naar de institutionalisering van duurzaam waterbeheer in een grensoverschrijdende context komen aan de orde. Uit een analyse van de geschiedenis van het Nederlandse waterbeheerscon-cept, de literatuur over recente visies op het omgaan met water en diverse afspraken over het beheer van grensoverschrijdende wateren is een streefbeeld voor het waterbeheer gedestilleerd. Dit modelwaterbeheer, dat de naam ?interactief watermanagement? heeft gekregen, is getoetst aan de praktijk van het waterbeheer in verschillende plaatsen in de wereld. Het resultaat is een incrementeel invoeringstraject dat bij beleidsbeslissingen over grensoverschrijdende watersystemen een nuttig perspectief kan bieden. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/736/ 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Met de nieuwe Kaderrichtlijn Waterbeleid van de Europese Unie wordt meer dan voorheen uitgegaan van de stroomgebiedbenadering. Ook internationale watersystemen zoals dat van de rivier de Schelde krijgen hiermee te maken. De recente ontwikkelingen in het Scheldegebied passen in de geest van de Richtlijn. Niettemin zullen verdere institutionele arrangementen voor het internationaal waterbeheer van de rivier de Schelde gewenst zijn, waarbij de interactie met watersysteem en maatschappij meer aandacht krijgt . In het volgende wordt na een verkenning van de problemen waarmee het stroomgebied te maken heeft nader aandacht besteed aan de stappen die in internationaal verband het overwegen waard zijn. Het zijn de belangrijkste Het zoeken naar verbeteringen vormde het hoofddoel van een promotie-onderzoek aan de Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam dat afgelopen zomer werd afgerond. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/1832/ 2000-06-30T00:00:00Z Figuren en tabellen konden niet naar het pdf-formaat geconverteerd worden. Geinteresseerden kunnen contact opnemen met de auteur. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/21849/ 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This paper deals with the experiences of international water commissions with a more interactive way in dealing with society and water system. The first experiences with co-operation in international institutions between water managers already started many centuries ago. For the river Rhine it formally began in 1885 with agreements on navigation and fishery, for the border waters of the United States and Mexico with a border treaty in 1889 and for the boundary waters of the United States and Canada the first international agreement was signed in 1909. In recent years, an intensivation of co-operation can be observed, which brings new challenges for water managers. The ecosystem approach from the International Joint Commission and the integrated starting point as well as the participation of stakeholders in the work of the International Commission on the Protection of the Rhine, can be seen as promising examples of the modernisation of international water management. They are part of a development to "international interactive water management". http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/741/ 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This paper deals with the experiences of international water commissions with a more interactive way in dealing with society and water system. The first experiences with co-operation in international institutions between water managers already started many centuries ago. For the river Rhine it formally began in 1885 with agreements on navigation and fishery, for the border waters of the United States and Mexico with a border treaty in 1889 and for the boundary waters of the United States and Canada the first international agreement was signed in 1909. In recent years, an intensivation of co-operation can be observed, which brings new challenges for water managers. The ecosystem approach from the International Joint Commission and the integrated starting point as well as the participation of stakeholders in the work of the International Commission on the Protection of the Rhine, can be seen as promising examples of the modernisation of international water management. They are part of a development to "international interactive water management". http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/742/ 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z The Dutch history of water policy shows different phases, in which every new historical stage adds new policy objects to the existing ones. This century a sectoral interpretation of water management emerged, it was followed by the nowadays generally accepted ideas of "integrated water management". A study of new developments in water management however, leads to the conclusion that yet another concept appears. Referring to the principle that the water policy agencies are in an interactive dialogue with watersystem and society system, it can be called "interactive water management".The basic elements, such as interaction, water system approach, integration and sustainability are in line with several global trends and are generally supported by publications with global impact on issues of environment and water. Some of the elements are already put into practice, for example in the international river basin commissions for the river Rhine or in the USA-Canadian and USA-Mexican water commissions. Questions to be answered concern the advantages and disadvantages of these new developments and what can be said about suitable institutional arrangements. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/737/ 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Het waterbeheer ontwikkelt zich in een steeds toenemend tempo, in de lijn met een aantal algemene trends. In dit artikel wordt eerst een schets gegeven van de veranderingen in het Nederlandse waterbeheer die zich in de loop van de geschiedenis hebben voorgedaan. Vervolgens wordt nagegaan op welke wijze de ontwikkelingen zich in de naaste toekomst naar verwachting zullen doorzetten. Interactieve beleidsvorming zal daarbij een centrale rol innemen, maar ook concepten als stroomgebied en duurzaamheid zullen in het waterbeheer een steeds belangrijker plaats krijgen. Tenslotte wordt de institutionele vormgeving verkend van het waterbeheer zoals dat er in de ideale situatie uit zou kunnen zien.