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Appendix
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Respondent Stakeholder
Causal
Mechanism Path
Respondent’s motivation
Of what is it a case or an
occurrence?
Long- or
Short-term
Positive
(+) or
Negative
(−)
Structuralto
Agential to
Material
Government authorities have not yet made
a significant and meaningfully measurable
sustainable difference to water security,
instead revenue collection, job creation,
socio-economic goals, and research output
requirements drive their behaviour
A critique towards state
behaviour aligned to the
dominant economic discourse
Long-term
−
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Municipal
official
Ideational
Green infrastructure could mean different
things, like low carbon buildings,
pavements made from recycled material s
and building that generate their own
electricity
A specific meaning of the
concept ‘green infrastructure’
Long-term
+
Ideational to
Agential to
Material
Green infrastructure links to the work of
climate adaptation dealing with wetlands,
forests, and rivers (natural infrastructure)
A concept informing specific
activities around climate
change
Long-term
+
Ideational
Green and ecological infrastructure mean
one thing for professional and another for
lay persons
An observation informed
conclusion about the meaning
of green and ecological
infrastructure
Short-term
+
Ideationalto
Material
Ecological infrastructure is the natural
environment
A specific meaning of the
concept ecological
infrastructure
Short-term
+
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