Institutional influences on transitions in water management
A comparison between Dutch and Flemish river management plans
Heleen Vreugdenhil (Deltares, TU Delft - Policy Analysis)
Jort de Vries (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Deltares)
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Abstract
To support the transition to integrated, naturebased river-basin management, institutions supporting such strategies and practices need to be established while existing institutions hindering the transition need to be gradually broken down and replaced (Fig. 1). Institutions play a vital role in transitions since they are the rules which determine the range of acceptable behaviour in society and how interactions are organised (North, 1990). This study draws lessons from the influence of different institutional frameworks in transitions towards nature-based river management by comparing institutional developments in the Dutch "Room for the River” programme and the Flemish “Plan Sigma”.