1st Edition
Water Governance, Policy and Knowledge Transfer International Studies on Contextual Water Management
Foreword
Helen Ingram
1. Introduction
Gül Özerol, Joanne Vinke-de Kruijf and Cheryl de Boer
2. Water Management Solutions: On Panaceas and Policy Transfer
Joanne Vinke-de Kruijf and Gül Özerol
3. Contextual Interaction Theory for Assessing Water Governance, Policy and Knowledge Transfer
Hans Bressers and Cheryl de Boer
4. How Contextual Factors Influence the Effectiveness of International Projects: The Case of Dutch-funded Flood Risk Management Projects in Romania
Joanne Vinke-de Kruijf, Carmen Teodosiu, Hans Bressers and Denie Augustijn
5. Testing of the Contextual Interaction Theory in the Evaluation of Cooperation and Collaboration of Water Management Projects in India
Katherine Owens, Marcia Hughes and Ellen Scokzenski
6. Contextual Considerations Shaping the Transferability of Policies for Drinking Water Source Protection: A Canadian Case Study
Rob de Loe and Dan Murray
7. Translating Water Policy Innovations in Kazakhstan: The Importance of Context
Farhad Mukhtarov
8. Public Participation as an Essentially Contested Concept: Insights from Water Management in Turkey
Gül Özerol, Aysun Özen Tacer and Mine Islar
9. Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships in Fragile Political Contexts: Experiences from the Palestinian Water and Waste Sector
Irna van der Molen and Nora Stel
10. Transferring International Commitments to the Local Level: The Case of Integrated Urban (Waste)water Management in Hanoi, Vietnam
Jaap Evers
11. Institutional Innovation of Water Governance in Mexico: The Case of Guadalupe Basin, near Mexico City
M. Laura Franco-García, Lina Hendrawati-Tan, E. Carina Gutiérrez-Díaz, Cesar Casiano and Hans Bressers
12. Translating the Global Climate Change Discourse to the Local: An Analysis of Dutch Storylines on Adaptation
Maya van den Berg
13. Adaptive Responses to Drought and Water Deficiency: Transfer of Governance Approaches across South and North Europe
Stefan Kuks and Cheryl de Boer
14. The Transfer of Building with Nature Approach in the Context of EU Natura 2000
Vera Vikolainen, Kris Lulofs, Hans Bressers
15. Conclusions
Joanne Vinke-de Kruijf, Gül Özerol, Cheryl de Boer and Hans Bressers
Index
Biography
Cheryl de Boer is a Post-Doctoral researcher at the Centre for Studies in Technology and Sustainable Development (CSTM), University of Twente, the Netherlands, as well as Coordinator of the Twente Water Centre.
Joanne Vinke-de Kruijf is a PhD candidate at CSTM and at the Water Engineering and Management Department of the University of Twente.
Gül Özerol is a researcher and PhD candidate at CSTM, University of Twente.
Hans Bressers is a Professor of Policy Studies and Environmental Policy and founder of CSTM, University of Twente, as well as Chair of the Twente Water Centre.
