Community initiatives for renewable energy are emerging across Europe but with varying numbers, success rates and strategies. A literature overview identifies structural, strategic biophysical conditions community success. Our analysis focuses on institutional structure, as we describe the variety between Netherlands, Germany Denmark, place this within context of policies, power structures discourses each country. We conducted a policy arrangements series semi-structured interviews,...

Hegger, D. L. T., P. J. Driessen, M. Wiering, H. F. W. Van Rijswick, Z. Kundzewicz, Matczak, A. Crabbé, G. T. Raadgever, N. Bakker, S. Priest, C. Larrue, and K. Ek. 2016. Toward more flood resilience: Is a diversification of risk management strategies the way forward? Ecology Society 21(4):52. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08854-210452

Adaptation to climate change raises important governance issues. Notwithstanding the increasing attention on adaptation at global and European level, variety of local conditions impacts points towards a prime role for regional actors in adaptation. They face challenge developing implementing options adaptive capacity regions so that expected or unexpected future can be addressed. This paper presents conceptual framework analyse It addresses following key questions: (1) What are distinct...

Flooding is the most common of all natural disasters and accounts for large numbers casualties a high amount economic damage worldwide. To be ‘flood resilient’, countries should have sufficient capacity to resist, absorb recover, transform adapt. Based on international comparative research, we conclude that six key governance strategies will enhance resilience’ secure necessary capacities. These pertain to: (i) diversification flood risk management approaches; (ii) alignment approaches...

In water management and in spatial planning there is a debate on the fundamental underlying discourses of policy domains. Dutch an emergent discourse ‘accommodating water’, which competing with traditional ‘battle against water’ discourse, can be seen. new practices area-specific development planning, are considered to reflect ideas spatiality better than doctrine. The authors discuss these recent developments, attempt analyse institutional changes help perspective arrangements. analysis...

Adaptation to climate change raises important governance issues. Notwithstanding the increasing attention on adaptation at global and European level, variety of local conditions impacts points towards a prime role for regional actors in adaptation. They face challenge developing implementing options adaptive capacity regions so that expected or unexpected future can be addressed. This paper presents conceptual framework analyse It addresses following key questions: (1) What are distinct...

The first grassroots initiatives for renewable energy in Netherlands were a small number of wind cooperatives that developed the 1980s and 1990s. After few years without developments, new started emerging after 2000, 2009 movement boomed, growing from around 40 to over 360 initiatives. These form an active, large diverse uses various motivations, technologies connections, which have changed time. This article mixed methodology, aiming map development these different “waves initiatives”...

This article presents a theoretical framework for the analysis of stability and change in national flood risk policies. Based on thorough scrutiny existing theories literature, we want to offer guidance empirical studies governance. On one hand, elaborate path dependency institutional stability. other focus role policy entrepreneurs actor coalitions bringing new ideas how policies should be adjusted. We translate both angles realm risks. Furthermore, consider trends shock events. By...

Gralepois, M., C. Larrue, M. Wiering, A. Crabbé, S. Tapsell, H. Mees, K. Ek, and Szwed. 2016. Is flood defense changing in nature? Shifts the strategy six European countries. Ecology Society 21(4):37. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08907-210437

Nutrient pollution of freshwaters from agriculture is a key barrier to achieving the water quality goals European Water Framework Directive (WFD). Governance research suggests that governance structures can support planning measures. However, it widely unclear how specific affect actual nature practical measures taken for addressing "wicked problem" diffuse nutrient pollution. This study analyses extent consensual policy styles, organizational and program integration, participatory...

Current water management issues are characterized by factual uncertainty, relating to limits of scientific knowledge, and value the policy process making subjective choices. Developing informing approaches for integrated (IWM) requires bringing facts values together. This study examines way orientations differentiate themselves among IWM stakeholders assesses implications support context approaches. Using Q-methodology, we identify five that represent characteristically different ways...

Keessen, A. M., J. M. Hamer, H. F. W. Van Rijswick, and Wiering. 2013. The concept of resilience from a normative perspective: examples Dutch adaptation strategies. Ecology Society 18(2): 45. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-05526-180245

Reading the available evidence on implementation of European Water Framework Directive (WFD), one gets impression that some countries anticipate problems by starting off pragmatically and with relatively low ambitions, while others make a quick ambitious start tend to slow down in later phases process. Inspired Lundqvist's classical study air pollution policy USA Sweden, we assess importance general characteristics respective political-institutional systems explain differences WFD four EU...

The Water Framework Directive (WFD) is typically a framework directive that tries to encourage integration of policies for water quality and agriculture. Nutrients (nitrates, phosphates) from agricultural sources remain ‘wicked problem’ in realizing the aims WFD, partly because has rely on other, neighboring tackle problem pressure nutrients; it seems lack instruments measures directly intervene relevant policies. This contribution describes different governance approaches five member states...

This century has witnessed a substantial growth of local, cooperative energy provision, fuelled by public and political ambitions towards transition. Such 'grassroots' provision now presents serious route to production, distribution consumption alongside conventional, centralised provision. However, worldwide, scaling activities poses challenge. In the Netherlands, cooperatives meet this challenge forging alliances with mainstream companies (162 in 2016). Employing mixed institutionalist...

In order to provide a common ground for the Special Issue ‘Water quality and agricultural diffuse pollution in light of EU Water Framework Directive,’ this review sets out concise overview academic literature on two topics. First, we issues governance ‘wicked problem’ sources focussing three principles: (1) fragmentation distribution power address sources, (2) problem source-oriented effect-oriented measures, (3) contested knowledge policies sources. Second, briefly sketch policy instruments...

Flood risk management and land use governance have become critical areas of study within environmental governance, particularly in low-lying coastal regions that are both highly urbanized vulnerable to hydrological extremes. In riverine estuarine systems, the interplay between water management, spatial planning, environment has significant implications. Historically, floods played a central role shaping delta landscapes; structural interventions like dikes reclamation enabled living...

We compared the governance of flood risk in England and Netherlands, focusing on general policies, instruments used underlying principles. Both physical political environments are important explaining how countries evolved towards very different rationales resilience. Answering questions as ‘who decides’, should act’ is responsible liable for damage’ systematically, results a quite fundamental difference what resilience means, this affects regime. In there nationwide collective regime with...

Kaufmann, M., J. Lewandowski, A. Choryński, and M. Wiering. 2016. Shock events flood risk management: a media analysis of the institutional long-term effects in Netherlands Poland. Ecology Society 21(4):51. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08764-210451