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WATERgraafsmeer; Urban transition, water cycle and a sustainable organisation (Case 10). By: Vasco Diogo Energy & Resources Iris Pit Land use, Environment & Biodiversity Mirte van Geenen Land use, Environment & Biodiversity Daniel Wiegant International development
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WATERgraafsmeer; Urban transition, water cycle and a sustainable organisation (Case 10) By: Vasco Diogo Energy & Resources Iris Pit Land use, Environment & Biodiversity Mirte van Geenen Land use, Environment & Biodiversity Daniel Wiegant International development Marieke Kessels Policy & Management Marjolein van Gelder Joint Degree Programme Jana Platau-Wagner Policy & Management Case Supervisor: Nadia Lugt, Waternet
Overview of presentation Our client: Waternet and Nadia Lugt The case study Main Research Question Individual work Conclusions Bringing it all together
Our Client Waternet Nadia Lugt
The Case Study WATERgraafsmeer/Adaptable Cities The problems The gaps in knowledge & implementation
Main research question What vulnerabilities can be identified in the urban water system of Watergraafsmeer? What strategies could help steering a transition towards a sustainable urban water system in Watergraafsmeer?
Overview individual chapters 1. Assessing Watergraafsmeer’s water system 2. Current and future outlooks on water quality in Watergraafsmeer 3. Ecological potentials for Watergraafsmeer 4. Balancing ‘top down’ and ‘bottom up’ in decision-making 5. Stakeholder analysis 6. Awareness raising 7.Effective stakeholder dialogue
Individual Work1. Vasco Diogo Assessing Watergraafsmeer’s water system 1. What is known about the water system and where are the knowledge gaps? 2. How can knowledge be improved in order to realize future options?
Individual Work1. Vasco Diogo Knowledge gap: integrity of the urban water system during extreme rainfall events Recommendations: system analysis using GIS and assemble the results in a water-atlas 29 oct 2010 CS 10: Urban Transition…
Individual Work2. Iris Pit Current and future outlooks on water quality in Watergraafsmeer
Individual Work1. Vasco Diogo Assessing Watergraafsmeer’s water system 1. What is known about the urban water system and where are the knowledge gaps? 2. How can knowledge be improved in order to realize future water management options? 29 oct 2010 CS 10: Urban Transition…
Individual Work2. Iris Pit Knowledge gap: The current management on water quality is incoherent and knowledge on future perspectives is lacking Recommendations: Site-specific data collection to perform a data analysis.
Individual Work3. Mirte van Geenen Ecological potentials for Watergraafsmeer
CS 10: Urban Transition… Individual Work3. Mirte van Geenen Knowledge gap: incoherent knowledge and management of ecosystems in Watergraafsmeer Recommendations: ecosystem-analysis of Watergraafsmeer and use of ecosystem services
Individual Work4. Daniel Wiegant Balancing ‘top down’ and ‘bottom up’ in decision-making
Individual Work4. Daniel Wiegant Knowledge gap: How to manage large scale problem by a bottom up structure Recommendations: stakeholder involvement to improve the quality and legitimacy of decisions, needs to happen with a participation plan that clearly states the role and input of stakeholders.
Individual Work5. Marieke Kessels Stakeholder analysis 29 oct 2010
Individual Work5. Marieke Kessels Knowledge gap: Waternet has no clear goal in mind for conducting a stakeholder analysis Recommendations: Decide on the goal and perform a stakeholder analysis that supports this goal 29 oct 2010
Individual Work 6. Marjolein van Gelder Raising awareness among Watergraafsmeer’s inhabitants
Individual Work 6. Marjolein van Gelder Knowledge gap: Gaps in implementing and defining policy that reaches the inhabitants of Watergraafsmeer and makes them more aware Recommendations: Raise awareness by urban planning place attachment & environmental education
Individual Work7. Jana Platau-Wagner Effective Stakeholder Dialogue
Individual Work7. Jana Platau-Wagner Knowledge gap: Definition of effective Stakeholder dialogue for public-private Organisation; Set of Stakeholder dialogue tools adhering to specific effectiveness Recommendations: finish the partly executed research; use elaborated set as baseline to apply dialogue tools to varying contexts of WATERgraafsmeer
Conclusion What vulnerabilities in the ecological system of the Watergraafsmeer can be identified? What elements can increase the adaptive capacity to improve the resilience of Watergraafsmeer?
Vasco: Assessing WATERgraafsmeer water system Iris: Technical solutions and soil subsidence (geology) Mirte: Ecological potentials for WATERgraafsmeer Daniel: Giving institutions a human face Marieke: Stakeholder analysis Marjolein: Awareness raising Community Jana: Effective stakeholder dialogue Identification: layers of stakeholders Concepts of attention bundling/education “Water as a guiding principle for social cohesion” Vision for 2030
Bringing it all together Identification of obstacle and vulnerabilities Increase sustainability