9.5.5 Creating a Long-Term Outlook and a Vision
for Each Area
When many stakeholders have to align in multi-purpose (but in any case also
drought-related) measures, it is important that the outlook for the vulnerable region as
a whole and visions of the desired status of the subareas that should be dealt with are as
clear as possible. Vechtstromen has had a good experience with this way of working
when long-term complex and dynamic implementation process should gradually
realize a better status of the water system. An “iconic” example is the restoration of the
Regge River (the main water course of the Twente region) (De Boer and Bressers
2011), but also the reconnection of large parts of the region to the Regge River by
realizing a new river, de Doorbraak (the “Breakthrough”) (Bressers et al. 2010) and
the present works on the Vecht river are examples. The “compass” effect of such an
integrated multi-sectoral vision on both the scale of northeast Twente and more
specifically subareas with their own characteristics is a proven requirement for such
long-term efforts and should also be further developed in this case.
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References
Bressers H, Hanegraaff S, Lulofs K (2010) Building a new river and boundary spanning
governance. In: Hans B, Kris L (eds) Governance and complexity in water management.
Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp 88–113
Bressers N et al (2015) Practice measures example book DROP: a handbook for regional water
authorities. Water authority Vechtstromen, Almelo
de Boer C, Bressers H (2011) Complex and dynamic implementation processes. Analyzing the
renaturalization of the Dutch Regge river. University of Twente and Water Governance Centre,
Enschede, The Hague
Deltacommissie (2008) Samen werken met water (Working together with water). The Hague
Deltaprogramma zoetwater (2013) Kansrijke strategieën voor zoet water: Water voor economie en
leefbaarheid ook in de toekomst (Promising strategies for fresh water). The Hague
Kuijper MJM, Hendriks DMD, van Dongen RJJ, Hommes S, Waaijenberg J, Worm B (2012)
Sturen op basisafvoer (steering for basic flow). Deltares, Delft, Utrecht
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for Each Area
When many stakeholders have to align in multi-purpose (but in any case also
drought-related) measures, it is important that the outlook for the vulnerable region as
a whole and visions of the desired status of the subareas that should be dealt with are as
clear as possible. Vechtstromen has had a good experience with this way of working
when long-term complex and dynamic implementation process should gradually
realize a better status of the water system. An “iconic” example is the restoration of the
Regge River (the main water course of the Twente region) (De Boer and Bressers
2011), but also the reconnection of large parts of the region to the Regge River by
realizing a new river, de Doorbraak (the “Breakthrough”) (Bressers et al. 2010) and
the present works on the Vecht river are examples. The “compass” effect of such an
integrated multi-sectoral vision on both the scale of northeast Twente and more
specifically subareas with their own characteristics is a proven requirement for such
long-term efforts and should also be further developed in this case.
Open Access This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons
Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/), which
permits any noncommercial use, duplication, adaptation, distribution, and reproduction in any
medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, a
link is provided to the Creative Commons license, and any changes made are indicated.
The images or other third party material in this chapter are included in the work’s Creative Commons
license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if such material is not included in the work’s
Creative Commons license and the respective action is not permitted by statutory regulation, users will
need to obtain permission from the license holder to duplicate, adapt, or reproduce the material.
References
Bressers H, Hanegraaff S, Lulofs K (2010) Building a new river and boundary spanning
governance. In: Hans B, Kris L (eds) Governance and complexity in water management.
Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp 88–113
Bressers N et al (2015) Practice measures example book DROP: a handbook for regional water
authorities. Water authority Vechtstromen, Almelo
de Boer C, Bressers H (2011) Complex and dynamic implementation processes. Analyzing the
renaturalization of the Dutch Regge river. University of Twente and Water Governance Centre,
Enschede, The Hague
Deltacommissie (2008) Samen werken met water (Working together with water). The Hague
Deltaprogramma zoetwater (2013) Kansrijke strategieën voor zoet water: Water voor economie en
leefbaarheid ook in de toekomst (Promising strategies for fresh water). The Hague
Kuijper MJM, Hendriks DMD, van Dongen RJJ, Hommes S, Waaijenberg J, Worm B (2012)
Sturen op basisafvoer (steering for basic flow). Deltares, Delft, Utrecht
LTO (2013) Deltaplan agrarisch waterbeheer (DAW) (Deltaprogramme agrarian watermanagement). LTO, Zwolle
OECD (2014) Water governance in the Netherlands. Fit for the future? OECD, Paris
9 The Fragmentation-Coherence Paradox in Twente
201