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- Zonneveld, W. (author), Trip, J.J. (author) book 2003
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Van der Heijden, J.J. (author)It is often assumed that traditional regulatory regimes centered on governmental action will benefit from greater private sector involvement. And, under the catchy phrase "from government to governance" globally a wide variety of hybrid forms of governance has emerged. However, little empirical insight exists in the actual effects of such...doctoral thesis 2009
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Van Overmeeren, A.J. (author), Gruis, V.H. (author), Haffner, M.E.A. (author)This article analyzes the function, design, and effects of a method to assess the performance of housing associations in the Netherlands. First, the roles of performance assessment are discussed from three perspectives: the association as an agent for the central government; the association as a facilitator of local stakeholders’ needs; and the...journal article 2009
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De Reuver, M. (author)Mobile service innovation requires a broad set of resources and capabilities that are not controlled by one single actor. Equipment manufacturers, operators, content providers and application developers have to work together in so-called value networks in order to develop and offer services to end-users. There is serious debate as to how the...doctoral thesis 2009
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Urbani, S. (author), Van Bortel, G.A. (author)This paper describes social housing developments in Lombardy, one of the most affluent regions in the Italy. Housing policy in Italy is mainly the responsibility of the Regions. We discuss the challenges of social housing provision and the interplay between market, state, community and third sector actors to provide affordable homes. However,...conference paper 2009
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- van Bortel, G.A. (author), Mullins, D.W. (author), Deuten, J. (author), Petia, S. (author), van Overmeeren, A.J. (author), Gilmour, T. (author), Dankert, R. (author) conference paper 2009
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Van Veenstra, A.F. (author), Janssen, M.F.W.H.A. (author), Klievink, B. (author)Joining-up is high on the e-government agenda as this is expected to improve service delivery to citizens and businesses. It requires public and private organizations to cooperate with each other within networks that are formed around public services that cross the boundaries of organizations. Cross-organizational processes in such a network are...journal article 2009
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Slinger, J.H. (author), Hilders, M. (author), Juizo, D. (author)The Incomati River Basin is shared by Mozambique, South Africa, and Swaziland. In August 2002, the groundbreaking “Tripartite Interim Agreement on Water Sharing of the Maputo and Incomati Rivers” (the IncoMaputo agreement) was signed. Following reports that the use, availability, and adequacy of information posed problems for future decision...journal article 2010
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Blank, J.L.T. (author), Van Hulst, B.L. (author)This paper describes the efficiency of Dutch hospitals using the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method with bootstrapping. In particular, the analysis focuses on accounting for cost inefficiency measures on the part of hospital corporate governance. We use bootstrap techniques, as introduced by Simar and Wilson (J. Econom. 136(1):31–64, 2007),...journal article 2010
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Waterhout, B. (author)Soft space governance arrangements are emerging all over Europe and at all geographical scales. Soft space approaches complement, but do not come in place of statutory planning. They are a reaction on and reflection of the changing context in which planning aims to be effective and as such indicate a reworking of the boundaries of the planning...conference paper 2010
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Dendler, L. (author)To facilitate more sustainable consumption different actors have introduced various labeling schemes providing information about a products environmental, social or other attributes. Many argue however that the multiplicity of existing schemes has caused confusion for both producers and consumers. To reduce this confusion there have been calls...conference paper 2010
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Von Geibler, J. (author), Wiesen, K. (author), Pastewski, N. (author), Schnabel, F. (author), Rohn, H. (author)This paper addresses governance strategies to promote the implementation of resource efficient technologies and products in order to create sustainable innovation. The paper highlights results from a global mapping study of products and technologies with high resource efficiency potential. The results are based on a methodological framework,...conference paper 2010
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Gerritsen, A. (author), Stuiver, M. (author), Termeer, C. (author), Werkman, R. (author)Rural regions in the Netherlands cope with the challenge of sustainable rural development in a complex network context. There is neither consensus on facts nor consensus on values about what is sustainable and what not. Literature suggests knowledge governance as a promising form of governance. It focuses on the coordinative power of knowledge...conference paper 2010
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Vernay, A.L. (author), Pandis, S. (author), Salcedo Rahola, T.B. (author), Ravesteijn, W. (author)More than half of the world population lives in urban areas concentrating and increasing the magnitude of social and environmental impacts. The potential role of cities in a transition to a sustainable society started to be widely recognized after the 1992 Rio conference where the Agenda 21 program was signed. Since then, a number of urban...conference paper 2010
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Urban interventions are vital to the city. These may involve renewal of inner city areas, transformation of port and industrial areas, industrial renewal, development of new residential areas, the rehabilitation of the historic centre of a town or the development of leisure areas in a city, just to list a few. These various interventions are...book 2011
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Gottlieb, S.C. (author), Jensen, J.S. (author)Projects have traditionally been constituted by contracts, whose enforcement is held in place by governance mechanisms that involve high degrees of surveillance. In this light, partnering is advocated as a project specific, communicative alternative to this traditional legal coordination process of the construction industry. In a Danish context...conference paper 2011
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Rijke, J.S. (author), Van Herk, S. (author), Zevenbergen, C. (author), Ashley, R. (author)In the Netherlands and many other developed countries, flood management is transitioning from sectoral engineering approaches to more integrated approaches. The 2.3 billion Euro Room for the River programme plays an important role in this transition, because it is the first large scale infrastructure programme in the Netherlands that breaks with...conference paper 2012
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Kothuis, B.L.M. (author), Heems, G.C. (author)In dit proefschrift leggen Heems en Kothuis uit waarom overstromings- dreiging bij de meeste Nederlanders ‘niet leeft’. Zij beantwoorden vanuit sociaal cultureel perspectief de vraag hoe Nederlanders aan het begin van de 21e eeuw betekenis geven aan de omgang met waterveiligheid. Na de (bijna) overstromingen van de rivieren in 1993 en 1995 zette...book 2012
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Mostert, E. (author)One of the central tenets of adaptive management is polycentric governance. Yet, despite the popularity of the concept, few detailed case studies of polycentric governance systems exist. In this paper, we aim to partly fill this gap. We describe water management between the years 1000 and 1953 on the Dutch island of IJsselmonde in the...journal article 2012