Bridging boundaries : making scale choices in multi-actor policy analysis on water management / Sonja Karstens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karstens, Sonja.

Series:

Deltares select series ; v. 4.

Deltares select series, 1877-5608 ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water resources development--Netherlands--Decision making.

Water resources development.

Water--Netherlands--Management.

Water.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Fairfax, VA : IOS Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Scale choices influence the content of a study (the problems on the agenda, the options found and the impacts addressed) and the process (actors involved, their dedication and criticalness). This work synthesizes different perspectives on scale choices (spatial boundary setting and temporal boundary setting) in policy analysis.

Contents:

Title page; Preface and acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Summary; Problem formulation and research approach; Policy analysis: the edge of reason; Scale choices in policy analysis on water management; Conceptual model and case study research approach; Case description of the Long-Term Vision of the Scheldt Estuary; Case description of the Water Shortage Study; Studying the effects of the spatial boundary setting; Studying the effects of the temporal boundary setting; Studying the effects of selection of the level of aggregation; Conclusions, recommendations and reflection; References

Appendix 1 Questionnaire quick scanAppendix 2 Policy analysts interviewed in the quick scan; Appendix 3 Actors interviewed in the case studies; Appendix 4 Question list used as a basis for the interviews; Appendix 5 Score cards for the spatial boundary setting; Appendix 6 Score cards for the temporal boundary setting; Appendix 7 Score cards for the selection of the level of aggregation; Nederlandse samenvatting; Curriculum Vitae

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

6612454679

1-282-45467-6

9786612454677

1-60750-462-6

OCLC:

608567718