Towards transition management of European water resources

Rutger Brugge () and Jan Rotmans ()

Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), 2007, vol. 21, issue 1, 249-267

Abstract: Global change fundamentally changes the nature of water-related problems. We will illustrate this by showing how perceptions of the water-problems in the Netherlands have shifted in the past four decades. The nature of water-related problems changed from a technical problem to a so-called ‘persistent’ problem, characterized by plurality, uncertainty and complexity. Although integrated water resource management (IWRM) has been advocated to cope with this type of problem, the complexity of the transition process towards such a water management regime is often underestimated. Therefore, transition management is needed in the water sector. Transition management theory is presented and applied to the Dutch case. Transition management strategies are suggested that would reinforce this transition. Comparison between the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) and transition management indicates that the Common Implementation Strategy (CIS) in its current form is not sufficiently stimulating an innovation climate. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. 2007

Keywords: Transition management; Integrated water resource management (IRWM); European Water Framework Directive (WFD) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1007/s11269-006-9052-0

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