Analysing the Role of Visions, Agency, and Niches in Historical Transitions in Watershed Management in the Lower Mississippi River

Voorn, Tom van der; Quist, Jaco

doi:10.3390/w10121845

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“…Such an analysis allows a researcher to focus not only on the content of participants' stories, but also on the way they are told [36]. In line with Van der Voorn [37], we describe a time-dependent sequence of causal events tied together by a tipping point. A descriptive case helps us to identify unfolding processes and study event sequences, timing and conjunctures [38].…”

Section: Data Analysis and Sourcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cope or Perish? Managing Tipping Points in Developing Coping Strategies for Emergency Response during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Europe

Voorn

Jong

2021

COVID

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When the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic started to manifest itself across the globe at an unprecedented pace and magnitude, the various emergency response strategies pursued by highly affected countries in Europe raised many questions about their supposed effectiveness. To contain the outbreak, a rapid and adequate emergency response was vital to control emergent public health risks, but emergency management was challenged by large uncertainty due to many unknowns about crucial determinants of the outbreak, determining the effectiveness of the response, which was often derived from uncertain information. This paper aims to draw lessons from the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and it presents a review of strategies for emergency response pursued in eight European countries, including tipping points that triggered strategy shifts in emergency response. The paper shows that: (i) these countries have a culturally determined preference for policy response style (Mediterranean, continental and liberal style) depending on their relative scores on power distance and uncertainty avoidance, which (ii) is reflected in the initially adopted control paradigm and the associated strategy; (iii) Mediterranean countries (Italy, France, Spain) with high levels of power distance and uncertainty avoidance have a tendency to respond to new unknown situations by deploying strong rule-based regulatory systems which offer mental security and social order, whereas continental (Germany and Austria) and liberal countries (the Netherlands, the UK and Sweden) do this to medium and much lower extents.

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confidence: 99%

Cope or Perish? Managing Tipping Points in Developing Coping Strategies for Emergency Response during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Europe

Voorn

Jong

2021

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“…Turning now to the remaining Special issue contributions set in a context outside Europe, the work presented by van der Voorn and Quist [68] links well to our previous discussion of IWRM policy transfer processes and their causes. This paper is original in two ways: it explores water management reforms in the Lower Mississippi River in the 19th century, showcasing the value of historical analysis for contemporary debates.…”

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confidence: 58%

“…Second, we suggest broadening our theoretical lenses when studying IWRM policy transfer. Contributions to this Special Issue provided exciting examples: van der Voorn and Quist [68] brought the widely cited, but within the IWRM community somewhat underutilised, scholarship on socio-technical transitions into play. Leong and Mukhtarov [69] link the literature on policy translation to narrative analysis.…”

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Mutual Learning and Policy Transfer in Integrated Water Resources Management: A Research Agenda

Fritsch

Benson

2019

Water

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Integrated water resources management (IWRM) has become a global paradigm for the governance of surface, coastal and groundwater. International bodies such as the European Union, the Global Water Partnership, and the United Nations have taken the lead to promote IWRM principles, while countries worldwide have undertaken reforms to implement these principles and to restructure their domestic or regional water governance arrangements. However, the international transfer of IWRM principles raises a number of theoretical, empirical and normative questions related to its causes, processes and outcomes. These questions will be explored in our Special Issue ‘Governing IWRM: Mutual Learning and Policy Transfer’. This editorial briefly introduces IWRM and links this governance paradigm to theoretical and empirical scholarship on policy transfer. We then summarise the aims and objectives of this Special Issue, provide an overview of the articles brought together here and offer avenues for future research.

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“…The following July, MOHURD identified 18 evaluation indexes for six aspects of such development, including water ecology and the water environment, Table 1. SuDS laws and regulations (Susdrain, 2007).…”

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Towards government mechanisms of sponge city construction in China: insights from developed countries

Liu

Xie

et al. 2020

Water Policy

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The sponge city concept is a new strategy for China designed to solve its urban water problems. The tasks involved in sponge city construction (SCC) have brought new challenges regarding the urban construction process for local Chinese governments. However, there is still no comprehensive and systematic study of the government mechanisms for guiding the construction of sponge cities. This paper aims to develop an evaluation index system of government mechanisms at the whole-of-nation scale. This system covers five elements of government mechanisms. This evaluation index system covers the specific content of the government mechanism anticipated before the process of SCC. Since work systems, functions, and capacities differ with each given local government, the work mechanism of local governments can be adapted to local conditions according to the research results of this paper. By doing so it is possible to make full use of the constraint and management function of each indicator, so that all departments can constantly optimize the allocation of resources and clarify responsibilities, so as to effectively promote the construction of a sponge city.

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Analysing the Role of Visions, Agency, and Niches in Historical Transitions in Watershed Management in the Lower Mississippi River

Cited by 15 publications

References 86 publications

Cope or Perish? Managing Tipping Points in Developing Coping Strategies for Emergency Response during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Europe

Cope or Perish? Managing Tipping Points in Developing Coping Strategies for Emergency Response during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Europe

Mutual Learning and Policy Transfer in Integrated Water Resources Management: A Research Agenda

Towards government mechanisms of sponge city construction in China: insights from developed countries

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