Analysing the North Sea Offshore Energy System in Light of the Energy Transition:: A Case Study Application of the Extended Multi-Level Perspective Framework

The urgent need to address global warming and achieve the 1.5°C target set by the Paris Agreement necessitates an energy transition in Europe, with offshore wind energy in the North Sea playing a vital role. Despite the complexity of the North Sea's offshore energy system, the existing literature lacks a comprehensive study of the entire system,...

The Effectiveness of Participatory Value Evaluation in National Transport Projects: Uncovering the Added Value of Participatory Value Evaluation in the Multiyear Program for Infrastructure, Spatial Planning, and Transport Process through Policymaker Interviews and Respondent Answer Analysis

The Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, responsible for major infrastructure projects in the Netherlands, is exploring methods to incorporate well-being in its project evaluations and designs. To address the limitations of expressing well-being in monetary terms, a new evaluation method called Participatory Value Evaluation (PVE)...

The Canals Never Lie: MASSCOTE framework and modelling of operation strategies in the Gezira Irrigation Scheme

The Gezira irrigation scheme, in Sudan, stretches out south of Khartoum between the Blue Nile and the While Nile Rivers. For more than 95 years since its establishment in 1925, the scheme has been a significant asset to Sudan’s economy. It is considered one of the oldest and largest schemes in the world being served by one management body using...

Sand storage dams in Kitui – Kenya: community perspective on access to water: An evaluation using Q-methodology

Ephemeral rivers are common hydrological features in Southern Africa where periods of up to 9 months occur, without significant rainfall. These rivers are important in the Kitui region of Kenya, where water shortage impedes rural and urban development. The seasonal rivers of Kitui provide suitable water for domestic, livestock and agricultural...

Socio-Hydrology of Keduang Sub-basin in Central Java, Indonesia using case study approach: Understanding the relation between hydrology of Keduang sub-basin and social aspects using qualitative case study

Since coined in 2011, socio-hydrology studies have been dominated with mathematical models developed by mostly hydrologists, which often did not take social aspects into account so seriously. Some people argued that more attention into the social part of socio-hydrology should be given, because often the social aspects were too oversimplified....