Pilot projects in water management, Heleen Vreugdenhil

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Pilot projects in water management

Practicing change an changing practice

Heleen Vreugdenhil

2010 / 280 pp. / paperback / thesis / ISBN 978-90-6562-257-0

Pilot projects are widely applied in water management. They can be used to test riskyinnovations at confined scale, but can also be used to delay policy decisions or to advocate a particular innovation. In this book the phenomenon 'pilot project' is exploredboth theoretically and empirically. A framework to analyse pilot projects is developedand applied. Sixteen pilot projects conducted within the WINN innovation program inthe Netherlands are analysed and three floodplain restoration pilot projects in theRhine Basin are studied in-depth. These include the pilot projects on the floodplains ofBeuningen (the Netherlands), in Polder Altenheim (Germany) and in Basel(Switzerland).

lnsights are developed regarding different types of pilot projects, different reasonsactors have for initiating or participating in a pilot project, effects that pilot projectshave on policy and practice, and factors that influence the diffusion process. By deepening understanding of pilot projects as instruments to practice changes and potentially change practices, this book contributes both to public policy theory and pilotproject practice.

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Pilot projects in water management Practicing change an changing practice Heleen Vreugdenhil 2010 / 280 pp. / paperback / thesis / ISBN 978-90-6562-257-0
Pilot projects are widely applied in water management. They can be used to test riskyinnovations at confined scale, but can also be used to delay policy decisions or to advocate a particular innovation. In this book the phenomenon 'pilot project' is exploredboth theoretically and empirically. A framework to analyse pilot projects is developedand applied. Sixteen pilot projects conducted within the WINN innovation program inthe Netherlands are analysed and three floodplain restoration pilot projects in theRhine Basin are studied in-depth. These include the pilot projects on the floodplains ofBeuningen (the Netherlands), in Polder Altenheim (Germany) and in Basel(Switzerland). lnsights are developed regarding different types of pilot projects, different reasonsactors have for initiating or participating in a pilot project, effects that pilot projectshave on policy and practice, and factors that influence the diffusion process. By deepening understanding of pilot projects as instruments to practice changes and potentially change practices, this book contributes both to public policy theory and pilotproject practice.	PDF files: repository TU Delft
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