TY - JOUR
T1 - Water Assessment as controlled informality
AU - Van Dijk, Judith
AU - Der Vlist, Maarten van
AU - Van Tatenhove, Jan
PY - 2011/3/1
Y1 - 2011/3/1
N2 - The expectations about the effectiveness of new developed policy instruments are usually very high. In the case of the introduction of Water Assessment in The Netherlands, the ambitious aim of the instrument was to connect the policy domains of spatial planning and water management. The instrument has been monitored continuously and was evaluated two times after the introduction in 2002, by civil servants of ministries, water boards, provinces and municipalities. By combining elements of rational and communicative planning approaches and introducing a three-layered model of power, it was possible to analyse WA as a form of controlled informality, which enables water managers to use the interplay of informal and formal practices strategically at different levels of power.
AB - The expectations about the effectiveness of new developed policy instruments are usually very high. In the case of the introduction of Water Assessment in The Netherlands, the ambitious aim of the instrument was to connect the policy domains of spatial planning and water management. The instrument has been monitored continuously and was evaluated two times after the introduction in 2002, by civil servants of ministries, water boards, provinces and municipalities. By combining elements of rational and communicative planning approaches and introducing a three-layered model of power, it was possible to analyse WA as a form of controlled informality, which enables water managers to use the interplay of informal and formal practices strategically at different levels of power.
KW - Communicative planning
KW - Power
KW - Rational planning
KW - Water Assessment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78651458049&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.eiar.2010.04.009
DO - 10.1016/j.eiar.2010.04.009
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:78651458049
SN - 0195-9255
VL - 31
SP - 112
EP - 119
JO - Environmental Impact Assessment Review
JF - Environmental Impact Assessment Review
IS - 2
ER -