Understanding the institutional work of boundary objects in climate-proofing cities: The case of Amsterdam Rainproof

Willems, Jannes; Giezen, Mendel

doi:10.1016/j.uclim.2022.101222

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“…Blue-green roofs, for example, contribute to flood prevention, water storage, and cooling (Cirkel et al, 2018;Busker et al, 2022). Rainwater ordinances are being introduced by multiple municipalities, like in Amsterdam where it builds upon the local climate adaptation network Amsterdam Rainproof (Willems and Giezen, 2022). Additionally, 'water in the circular economy' (Morseletto et al, 2022) and cross-sectoral approaches that integrate the municipal water cycle and natural water system get more and more attention.…”

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“…The Delta program has a solid knowledge component. Every 6 years, the key Delta Decisions for freshwater, flood risk management, spatial adaptation, the Rhine-Meuse Delta, and the IJssel Lake area are evaluated and revised if neededWind et al, 1999;Zevenbergen et al, 2015;Bloemen et al, 2019(van der Wiel et al, 2022. Following these events, there was an increase in drought-related policy actions with several committees and reports focused on combating drought impacts.…”

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Managing water across the flood-drought spectrum – experiences from and challenges for the Netherlands

Bartholomeus,

van der Wiel,

van Loon

et al. 2023

Camb. prisms Water

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Recent impactful hydrometeorological events, on both the extreme wet and dry side of the spectrum, remind policymakers and citizens that climate change is a reality and that a shift in water management solutions is required. A selection of policy-shaping events in the Netherlands shows that both floods and droughts have occurred historically and continue to occur, causing significant impacts and challenges for water resources management. For decades, water management in the Netherlands has focused on implementing flood prevention policies, mostly prompted by specific events. The occurrence of droughts did not lead to comparable significant transitions in water management. The bias toward adaptation measures on the wet part of the spectrum (i.e., floods), increases vulnerability to dry extremes (i.e., droughts) as experienced in 2018-2020 and 2022. A required long-term, integral vision to rethink the existing water management system is challenging as droughts and floods act on different time scales. Furthermore, there is a fierce competition for land use and water use functions. 'Transformation pathways', applied across the full flood-drought spectrum, could provide a valuable framework in the development toward a sustainable management of water resources, involving stakeholders for just and equitable transitions and translating long-term visions into pathways for action. Impact statementHydrometeorological extreme events, that is, floods and droughts, have major impacts on ecosystems and sectoral water uses such as shipping, agriculture, industry, energy, and drinking water. From looking back on a selection of historical events in the Netherlands, we learn that significant changes in policy and measures have been implemented in response to extreme hydrological events, especially with regards to floods. However, from recent extreme drought (2018)(2019)(2020) 2022) and flood conditions (2021) and future climate projections, it has become clear that optimization of the current water management system will not suffice. A transformation is needed to deal with future hydrological extremes, requiring modifications in water system, water management, water use, and governance. We need to design, manage, and use the water system in a way that resilience to both floods and droughts is increased. This requires methods and tools to stress-test the system for both extremes, and knowledge of measures that reduce both risks. In regional adaptation strategies, the full flood-drought spectrum should be managed in a balanced way. A transformation of the current water system and water management will not always and at all locations be beneficial for all sectors. Stakeholder interactions are needed for just and equitable transitions and for translating long-term visions into concrete pathways for action.

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Managing water across the flood-drought spectrum – experiences from and challenges for the Netherlands

Bartholomeus,

van der Wiel,

van Loon

et al. 2023

Camb. prisms Water

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“…Mobilising boundary objects can be a strategic approach by a powerful actor (Spee and Jarzabkowski, 2009). For instance, a government can launch a new tool or concept to start what they identify as 'dialogue' and 'collaboration' (Willems and Giezen, 2022), but that marginalises actors with less voice. It is thus a fair question, albeit one for future research, to what extent the SDGs perpetuate preexisting webs of influence and whether greater explicit politicisation of the goals is desirable (Belda-Miquel et al, 2019).…”

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Leveraging the Sustainable Development Goals as a boundary object in the City of Bristol

Bürger

Parker

2023

Global Social Challenges Journal

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This study examines how the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can be leveraged to facilitate strategic change towards sustainability involving multiple stakeholders in a pluralistic city environment. By drawing on an exemplary case study of the localisation of the SDGs in Bristol, a medium-sized UK city, we show how the goals can operate as a boundary object. In particular, we identify a pattern in which the discursive localisation of the SDGs moved from problematisation and visioning through strategising and structuring towards embedding and performing. In addition, we elaborate on the three tensions that the SDGs help participants to understand and use productively, that is, across scale, time and different ways of valuing. Our study contributes to research on strategic change in pluralistic settings, such as cities, by offering a nuanced account of the discursive use of the SDGs by organisations involved in a city’s sustainable development. Furthermore, by proposing a framework based on the specific tensions that play an important role in the discursive localisation, our study advances research on the role of city strategising and practice more generally.

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“… 26 The dynamic structure of BOs render them usable strategically to disrupt, establish, or maintain institutional practices and hence they are an embodiment of institutional work. 28 (d) BOs are characterised by standardisation of content, methods and measures that develop as they move between groups and across scales. 26 This is achieved by maintaining a specific structure across groups, while not being limited by the ways information is interpreted and applied.…”

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“… 16 BOs can give rise to standardised practices where the principles embodied by a BO are embraced, mainstreamed and institutionalised and become the norm among the actors. 28 , 36 This is important in healthcare as BOs are useful in mitigating language and knowledge boundaries between different disciplines.…”

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Crossing boundaries in the delivery of healthcare – a qualitative study of an eHealth intervention in relation to boundary object theory

Saidi,

Mork,

Aminoff

et al. 2023

DIGITAL HEALTH

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With the increasing trend of digitalisation in the health sector, eHealth is being deployed to facilitate interaction between health professionals and service users without physical contact or close proximity. It became prominent during the COVID-19 era when mobility for physical meetings was restricted. Focusing on a video-supported digital toolkit, REACT-NOR, this study explored the experiences of caregivers and supporters in relation to the notion of boundary object. In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 supporters and 11 caregivers to gather first-hand experience on the use of the digital tool. It emerged from the study that the use of REACT-NOR made a huge difference for the involved parties by bridging the knowledge gap between supporters and caregivers. The use of the video in particular was useful in engaging and emotionally connecting the supporters and caregivers, resulting in an exciting digital experience. The effectiveness of the digital tool can be explained in the context of a boundary object in that it facilitated the processes of transferring, translating and transforming knowledge. The tool exhibited the attributes of dynamism, flexibility, standardisation and shared structure, which resonates with the notion of a boundary object. An understanding of how boundary objects work is crucial especially with remote care, as depicted in this study, due to the fact that the transfer of knowledge involves multiple processes such as sharing of new and existing knowledge, translation to make it accessible to others and transformation to render it usable across different boundaries.

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Understanding the institutional work of boundary objects in climate-proofing cities: The case of Amsterdam Rainproof

Cited by 8 publications

References 37 publications

Managing water across the flood-drought spectrum – experiences from and challenges for the Netherlands

Managing water across the flood-drought spectrum – experiences from and challenges for the Netherlands

Leveraging the Sustainable Development Goals as a boundary object in the City of Bristol

Crossing boundaries in the delivery of healthcare – a qualitative study of an eHealth intervention in relation to boundary object theory

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