From Public Policies to Projects

Haghe, Jean Paul; Vall-Casas, Pere

doi:10.1002/9781119410010.ch6

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“…Thus, restoration projects must be able to balance various conflicting needs and interests [ 5 , 16 ]. The way that the public and private actors collaborate to achieve consensus on the planning and implementation of a project ensures the success of river restoration [ 17 ]. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze and reveal the functions, structures, outcomes, and governance potential [ 12 ] in the area of river restoration.…”

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Assessing the role of actors in river restoration: A network perspective

Ioana-Toroimac,

Stoica,

Moroșanu

et al. 2024

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The aim of this study was to identify and characterize the actors involved in river restoration in Romania by untangling the complex networks that they are part of. Actors were considered nodes in a social network, tied by a common action or project. The nodes were characterized through the centrality metrics of a network. The network of actors in river restoration in Romania has a low density and high average path length and diameter for such a spare network, which suggests that knowledge transfer and collaboration are difficult. In the context of a highly centralized water governance system in Romania, the National Authority for Water exerts power and influence in river restoration as well. It has numerous partners, both disconnected and well connected in the network, therefore, it tends to be connected to everybody, as well as gets and diffuses knowledge. Yet, other actors are willing to get involved in river restoration in Romania. NGOs and research organizations have a central position in the network and play various roles (e.g., unconcerned influencers, gate-keepers, pulse-takers). As a recommendation for governing river restoration in Romania, we urge the creation of a national programme focused on river restoration, where the call for projects would be coordinated by the National Authority for Water and open to its territorial subordinates in agreement with stakeholders from various sectors and domains.

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Assessing the role of actors in river restoration: A network perspective

Ioana-Toroimac,

Stoica,

Moroșanu

et al. 2024

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“…However, river restoration projects often make little attempt to understand how people interact with and perceive urban rivers and a disproportionate amount of attention is given to hydrological and ecological aspects (van den Born et al 2021). The need for socially and culturally sensitive approaches is becoming more evident as river restoration increasingly concerns the wider society (Carré, Haghe and Vall-Casas 2021). Failure to involve the social aspect of river restoration can lead to project failure, as exemplified by the failure of a dam removal project in the Sélune River of France due to a lack of public support (Germaine and Lespez 2017).…”

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A Global Questionnaire Survey to Understand Human-River Relationships

Cao

2024

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Urbanization has altered natural waterways, leading to a growing disconnection between humans and rivers and the loss of river culture – the co-evolution of biocultural diversities in riverscapes. To combat this trend, efforts to restore rivers are reintegrating them into urban environments as green-blue infrastructure. Recognizing evolving human-river relationships, this article introduces a GIS-based survey aimed at exploring societal perspectives on the roles of urban rivers, particularly to counter the “extinction of experience” with nature. Drawing on previous studies of public interactions, perceptions and evaluations of urban rivers in France and China, this international survey, available in seven languages and in collaboration with a UNESCO-IHP flagship initiative, the Global Network of Water Museums (WAMU-NET), seeks to promote the development of Urban Human-River Encounter Sites (UHRES). Through comparative analysis, the goal is to foster a harmonious coexistence between humans and biota – an eco-social approach to revive river culture in contemporary cities.

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