Governance regime factors conducive to innovation uptake in urban water management: Experiences from Europe

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Abstract
Innovative ways to manage the urban water cycle are required to deal with an ageing
drinking and waste water infrastructure and new societal imperatives. This paper examines the
influence of water governance in enabling transformations and technological innovation uptake
in urban water management. A governance assessment framework is developed and applied in
three case-studies, examining different scales and types of innovations used to tackle challenges
in European urban water management. The methodology combines documentary analysis and
interviews to reconstruct historical storylines of the shift in the water governance of urban water
management for each site. The research provides detailed empirical observations on the factors
conducive to innovation uptake at the local level. Critical governance factors such as commitment to
compromise, the necessity to build political support, and the role of “entrepreneurs” and coalitions
are highlighted. The paper also explores the role of discursive strategies and partnership design,
as well as that of regulative, economic and communicative instruments, in creating barriers and
opportunities to initiate and secure change. A number of recommendations targeted at innovators
and water managers are presented in the conclusion.
CitationRouillard, J. [et al.]. Governance regime factors conducive to innovation uptake in urban water management: Experiences from Europe. "Water", 21 Octubre 2016, vol. 8, núm. 10, p. 2-15.
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