Chapter 9
The Fragmentation-Coherence Paradox
in Twente
Hans Bressers, Koen Bleumink, Nanny Bressers, Alison Browne,
Corinne Larrue, Susan Lijzenga, Maia Lordkipanidze, Gül Özerol
and Ulf Stein
9.1 Introduction
In this chapter, we will concentrate on the Dutch water authority of Vechtstromen,
more specifically the region of Twente part of Vechtstromen. The Twente region
has some 135,000 ha and about 630,000 inhabitants. Though most of the
Netherlands is flat and the highly artificial system of waterways often enables to let
water in from outside each region, a substantial part of the Twente region does not
have this option and is thus fully dependent on rainwater and groundwater. Apart
from the wetland nature areas, especially the northeast of the region is for this
reason relatively vulnerable for water scarcity and droughts.
In this paper, we will first explain backgrounds of the national drought governance in the next section. In Sect. 9.3, we will discuss the regional geo-hydrological
context, drought policy focus and the measures taken, mostly in the framework of
the DROP project. Thereafter, we will analyse and assess the supportive quality of
the governance context for the implementation of these measures in Sect. 9.4.
Section 9.5 concludes with a number of case-specific recommendations to reduce
the restrictions and make optimal use of the strengths of the governance context.
H. Bressers (&) Á M. Lordkipanidze Á G. Özerol
University of Twente, PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
e-mail: hans.bressers@utwente.nl
K. Bleumink Á N. Bressers Á S. Lijzenga
Waterauthority of Vechtstromen, PO Box 5006, 7600GA Almelo, The Netherlands
A. Browne
University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
C. Larrue
University Rabelais de Tours, Tours, France
U. Stein
Ecologic, Berlin, Germany
© The Author(s) 2016
H. Bressers et al. (eds.), Governance for Drought Resilience,
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-29671-5_9
181
The Fragmentation-Coherence Paradox
in Twente
Hans Bressers, Koen Bleumink, Nanny Bressers, Alison Browne,
Corinne Larrue, Susan Lijzenga, Maia Lordkipanidze, Gül Özerol
and Ulf Stein
9.1 Introduction
In this chapter, we will concentrate on the Dutch water authority of Vechtstromen,
more specifically the region of Twente part of Vechtstromen. The Twente region
has some 135,000 ha and about 630,000 inhabitants. Though most of the
Netherlands is flat and the highly artificial system of waterways often enables to let
water in from outside each region, a substantial part of the Twente region does not
have this option and is thus fully dependent on rainwater and groundwater. Apart
from the wetland nature areas, especially the northeast of the region is for this
reason relatively vulnerable for water scarcity and droughts.
In this paper, we will first explain backgrounds of the national drought governance in the next section. In Sect. 9.3, we will discuss the regional geo-hydrological
context, drought policy focus and the measures taken, mostly in the framework of
the DROP project. Thereafter, we will analyse and assess the supportive quality of
the governance context for the implementation of these measures in Sect. 9.4.
Section 9.5 concludes with a number of case-specific recommendations to reduce
the restrictions and make optimal use of the strengths of the governance context.
H. Bressers (&) Á M. Lordkipanidze Á G. Özerol
University of Twente, PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
e-mail: hans.bressers@utwente.nl
K. Bleumink Á N. Bressers Á S. Lijzenga
Waterauthority of Vechtstromen, PO Box 5006, 7600GA Almelo, The Netherlands
A. Browne
University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
C. Larrue
University Rabelais de Tours, Tours, France
U. Stein
Ecologic, Berlin, Germany
© The Author(s) 2016
H. Bressers et al. (eds.), Governance for Drought Resilience,
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-29671-5_9
181