Understanding the Dutch municipal air quality policy process and the role of models therein: a case study of Eindhoven

Ensuring the air we breathe is clean and healthy is one of the core tenets of developing a more sustainable living environment, but even in the Netherlands up to 11,000 premature deaths occur every year. These deaths could be reduced if the air quality standards outlined by the World Health Organization are met. To achieve these standards...

Value Change, Value Conflict, and Policy Innovation: Understanding the Opposition to the Market-Based Economic Dispatch of Electricity Scheme in India Using the Multiple Streams Framework

As policy innovation is essential for upscaling responsible innovation, understanding its relationship to value change(s) occurring or sought in sociotechnical systems is imperative. In this study, we ask: what are the different types of values in the policy process? And, how does value change influence policy innovation? We propose a...

Road pricing policy process: The interplay between policy actors, the media and public

Although road pricing policies are generally seen as an effective measure to deal with transport related problems (e.g. congestion), the number of implemented road pricing schemes is relatively limited. The thesis aims to gain insights into complex interplay between policy actors, media and public in road pricing policy processes to understand...

Non-Implementation of road pricing policy in the Netherlands: An application of the "advocacy coalition framework"

The implementation of road pricing policies is dependent on political support for the policy. It is frequently argued that many pricing proposals fail to be implemented due to the opposition of one or a group of policy actors (e.g. political parties, interest groups). This study considers this issue and examines the reasons for non...

The Alderstable: A strategic policy tool or democracy 2.0? An analysis of unconventional types of participation in the Schiphol Airport development policy process

Dutch citizens have become more involved in policy making, because they are more willing to take action when government decisions affect their living environment. In addition, politicians and policy makers have stimulated unconventional types of participation, such as deliberative consultations and citizen participation. In the policy making...

Supporting the Constructive Use of Existing Hydrological Models in Participatory Settings: A Set of “Rules of the Game”

When hydrological models are used in support of water management decisions, stakeholders often contest these models because they perceive certain aspects to be inadequately addressed. A strongly contested model may be abandoned completely, even when stakeholders could potentially agree on the validity of part of the information it can produce....

An Empirical Analysis of Stakeholders’ Influence on Policy Development: The Role of Uncertainty Handling

Stakeholder participation is advocated widely, but there is little structured, empirical research into its influence on policy development. We aim to further the insight into the characteristics of participatory policy development by comparing it to expert-based policy development for the same case. We describe the process of problem framing and...

Adjusting Life Cycle Assessment Methodology for Use in Public Policy Discourse