Implementing policy innovations - Resource dependence, struggle for discursive hegemony and institutional inertia in the Dutch river policy domain

Due to climate changes, the volume of the water flowing in the rivers will continue to increase and the sea level will continue to rise. To be able to cope with potential future flood disasters, Dutch policy makers now try to elaborate and implement a new safety concept, called 'space for the river'. The basic idea of this new safety concept is to increase the amount of space for the rivers, and by that to enlarge their discharge capacity. The aim of the large national 'Space for Rivers' project is to develop river-widening measures which improve both the safety of the inhabitants and the spat... Mehr ...