Governing the complexity of smart data cities Setting a research agenda

Water managers boundary judgments and adaptive water governance. An analysis of the Dutch Haringvliet case

In this paper, we explore how managing actors’ boundary judgments influence the adaptability of water governance. We approach this question by examining the relationship between the way water managers frame, and act in, complex water issues on the one hand and develop adaptive water governance strategies on the other. We define four categories...

Creating legitimacy in water governance networks through complexity sensitive management

Self-organization in urban regeneration: A two-case comparative research

Urban regeneration processes in which local stakeholders take the lead are interesting for realizing tailor made and sustainable urban regeneration, but are also faced with serious difficulties. We use the concept of self-organization from complexity theory to examine the relationship between local stakeholders’ initiatives and vital urban...

The Effects of Boundary Spanners on Trust and Performance of Urban Governance Networks

Previous research has extensively analyzed the role, and indicated the importance, of network management for the functioning and performance of public or governance networks. In this article, we focus on the influence of boundary spanning actors in such networks – an aspect less examined in the governance network literature. Boundary spanners...

Harnessing Complexity within Governance Networks in a Legitimate Way: The Effects of Connective Management and Throughput Legitimacy on Network Performances

The relationship between network management, network performances, and democratic legitimacy is a highly debated issue. In this article, we explore this relationship theoretically. Building on the literature, we expect to find that democratic throughput legitimacy has a partly mediating role in the relationship between connective network...

Co-valuation: Exploring methods for expert and stakeholder valuation

Many scholars describe a trend towards stakeholder involvement. Also in Dutch water management, this is expected to generate more support and better-informed information for decision-making. An approach methodology for the combined involvement of stakeholder and expert inputs in decision-making, however, is lacking (Rinaudo and Garin, 2005;...

Institutional Evolution Within Local Democracy – Local Self-Governance Meets Local Government

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Zeeën van Informatie: De rol van informatie bij de beleidscontroverse ‘Gasboringen in de Waddenzee’. Tussenrapportage voor het doelfinancieringsproject ‘Informatie en Beleid’

In hoofdstuk 2 gaan we eerst in op het analysekader voor het onderzoek. We stellen daarvoor uit verschillende wetenschappelijke disciplines een barrièremodel samen. Zo proberen we te achterhalen ‘waar het mis liep’ in de informatievoorziening. De casusbeschrijving vindt plaats in hoofdstuk 3. We behandelen daarin de centrale problematiek van het...