Governance regime factors conducive to innovation uptake in urban water management: Experiences from Europe

Innovative ways to manage the urban water cycle are required to deal with an ageing drinking and waste water infrastructure and new societal imperatives. This paper examines the influence of water governance in enabling transformations and technological innovation uptake in urban water management. A...

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Autores: Rouillard, Josselin, Vidaurre, Rodrigo, Brouwer, Stijn, Damman, Sigrid, Antorán Ponce, Alberto, Gerner, Nadine V., Riegels, Niels, Termes Rifé, Montserrat
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/108063
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/108063
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Water--Government policy
Water--Law and legislation
Sustainable urban development
water governance
sustainable cities
adaptation
Desenvolupament urbà sostenible
Aigua--Dret i legislació
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Impacte ambiental
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spelling Governance regime factors conducive to innovation uptake in urban water management: Experiences from EuropeRouillard, JosselinVidaurre, RodrigoBrouwer, StijnDamman, SigridAntorán Ponce, AlbertoGerner, Nadine V.Riegels, NielsTermes Rifé, MontserratWater--Government policyWater--Law and legislationSustainable urban developmentwater governancesustainable citiesadaptationDesenvolupament urbà sostenibleAigua--Dret i legislacióÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Impacte ambientalInnovative ways to manage the urban water cycle are required to deal with an ageing drinking and waste water infrastructure and new societal imperatives. This paper examines the influence of water governance in enabling transformations and technological innovation uptake in urban water management. A governance assessment framework is developed and applied in three case-studies, examining different scales and types of innovations used to tackle challenges in European urban water management. The methodology combines documentary analysis and interviews to reconstruct historical storylines of the shift in the water governance of urban water management for each site. The research provides detailed empirical observations on the factors conducive to innovation uptake at the local level. Critical governance factors such as commitment to compromise, the necessity to build political support, and the role of “entrepreneurs” and coalitions are highlighted. The paper also explores the role of discursive strategies and partnership design, as well as that of regulative, economic and communicative instruments, in creating barriers and opportunities to initiate and secure change. A number of recommendations targeted at innovators and water managers are presented in the conclusion.20162016-10-2120172017-09-27journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/108063reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)InglésengEuropean Commission http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100011102 Seventh Framework Programme 270704 European Network of FP7 Science in Society NCPsopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spainhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/1080632026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Governance regime factors conducive to innovation uptake in urban water management: Experiences from Europe
title Governance regime factors conducive to innovation uptake in urban water management: Experiences from Europe
spellingShingle Governance regime factors conducive to innovation uptake in urban water management: Experiences from Europe
Rouillard, Josselin
Water--Government policy
Water--Law and legislation
Sustainable urban development
water governance
sustainable cities
adaptation
Desenvolupament urbà sostenible
Aigua--Dret i legislació
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Impacte ambiental
title_short Governance regime factors conducive to innovation uptake in urban water management: Experiences from Europe
title_full Governance regime factors conducive to innovation uptake in urban water management: Experiences from Europe
title_fullStr Governance regime factors conducive to innovation uptake in urban water management: Experiences from Europe
title_full_unstemmed Governance regime factors conducive to innovation uptake in urban water management: Experiences from Europe
title_sort Governance regime factors conducive to innovation uptake in urban water management: Experiences from Europe
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Rouillard, Josselin
Vidaurre, Rodrigo
Brouwer, Stijn
Damman, Sigrid
Antorán Ponce, Alberto
Gerner, Nadine V.
Riegels, Niels
Termes Rifé, Montserrat
author Rouillard, Josselin
author_facet Rouillard, Josselin
Vidaurre, Rodrigo
Brouwer, Stijn
Damman, Sigrid
Antorán Ponce, Alberto
Gerner, Nadine V.
Riegels, Niels
Termes Rifé, Montserrat
author_role author
author2 Vidaurre, Rodrigo
Brouwer, Stijn
Damman, Sigrid
Antorán Ponce, Alberto
Gerner, Nadine V.
Riegels, Niels
Termes Rifé, Montserrat
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Water--Government policy
Water--Law and legislation
Sustainable urban development
water governance
sustainable cities
adaptation
Desenvolupament urbà sostenible
Aigua--Dret i legislació
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Impacte ambiental
topic Water--Government policy
Water--Law and legislation
Sustainable urban development
water governance
sustainable cities
adaptation
Desenvolupament urbà sostenible
Aigua--Dret i legislació
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Impacte ambiental
description Innovative ways to manage the urban water cycle are required to deal with an ageing drinking and waste water infrastructure and new societal imperatives. This paper examines the influence of water governance in enabling transformations and technological innovation uptake in urban water management. A governance assessment framework is developed and applied in three case-studies, examining different scales and types of innovations used to tackle challenges in European urban water management. The methodology combines documentary analysis and interviews to reconstruct historical storylines of the shift in the water governance of urban water management for each site. The research provides detailed empirical observations on the factors conducive to innovation uptake at the local level. Critical governance factors such as commitment to compromise, the necessity to build political support, and the role of “entrepreneurs” and coalitions are highlighted. The paper also explores the role of discursive strategies and partnership design, as well as that of regulative, economic and communicative instruments, in creating barriers and opportunities to initiate and secure change. A number of recommendations targeted at innovators and water managers are presented in the conclusion.
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