Careful reconsideration of strategies to achieve water management ambitions, together with a more in-depth knowledge of the theories and practices of boundary spanning, could bring solutions for contemporary water problems within reach. Governance and Complexity in Water Management incorporates conceptual, theoretical and practical foci on dealing with complexity and conflict by boundary spanning in adaptive water management. Guidance for boundary spanning in practice is presented, and important contemporary water management themes including flooding and flood policy, water depletion and water restoration are discussed in detail. This is the first book to describe, analyze and prescribe water transitions through a boundary perspective. This book provides an unique combination of theory, application, and analysis. It will be a valuable book for water professionals, policy scientists, students, and scholars in natural resource management and especially water management.
Author(s): Hans Bressers, Kris Lulofs
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 224
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Figures......Page 8
Tables......Page 9
Contributors......Page 10
Abbreviations......Page 12
Preface......Page 13
Acknowledgements......Page 16
1. Innovations in water management requiring boundary spanning: roots and concepts......Page 18
2. Analysis of boundary judgements incomplex interaction processes......Page 34
3. A boundary perspective on flood management in the Netherlands......Page 50
4. The temporal dimensions of boundary judgements......Page 67
5. Space for water and boundary spanning governance......Page 85
6. Building a new river and boundary spanning governance......Page 105
7. The Dutch land use re-ordering process as a multi-stakeholder management strategy......Page 131
8. Linking natural science- based knowledge to governance strategy: a case of regional water depletion analyzed......Page 152
9. Rethinking boundaries in implementation processes......Page 173
10. Guidance schemes for the boundary spanner......Page 191
11. Conclusions......Page 210
References......Page 222
Index......Page 232
