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| Author: | Starkl, M.(et al.) |
| Title: | Design of an institutional decision-making process: The case of urban water management |
| Journal: | Journal of Environmental Management
2009 : FEB, VOL. 90:2, p. 1030-1042 |
| Index terms: | case studies decision making water supply industry game theory participation public choice risk analysis stakeholders technology assessment Austria |
| Freeterms: | sustainability water policy wastewater management recommended process step general experiences |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This article uses the case in Austria, national policy-makers were interested in new guidelines for funding that increase the transparency of the planning, ensure the adequate treatment of ecological problems, and foster stakeholder involvement, but keep the process as simple as possible, and require minimal changes of the current guidelines as well as an interdisciplinary project team conducted such a study. Its outcome was tested in two pilot projects. It is found that based on these experiences, policy-makers finally implemented the recommended guidelines for the funding of communal urban water infrastructure projects. A general observation about the policy-making process was a conservative attitude of policy-makers. They prefer simple constraints (precautionary principle) and flexible negotiations (delegation) to complex assessment and decision-aid methodologies. |
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