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Karine Ingold - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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stakeholder analysis combined with social network analysis provides fine grained insights into water Infrastructure Planning processes
Journal of Environmental Management, 2013Co-Authors: Judit Lienert, Florian Schnetzer, Karine IngoldAbstract:Environmental policy and decision-making are characterized by complex interactions between different actors and sectors. As a rule, a stakeholder analysis is performed to understand those involved, but it has been criticized for lacking quality and consistency. This lack is remedied here by a formal social network analysis that investigates collaborative and multi-level governance settings in a rigorous way. We examine the added value of combining both elements. Our case study examines Infrastructure Planning in the Swiss water sector. Water supply and wastewater Infrastructures are planned far into the future, usually on the basis of projections of past boundary conditions. They affect many actors, including the population, and are expensive. In view of increasing future dynamics and climate change, a more participatory and long-term Planning approach is required. Our specific aims are to investigate fragmentation in water Infrastructure Planning, to understand how actors from different decision levels and sectors are represented, and which interests they follow. We conducted 27 semi-structured interviews with local stakeholders, but also cantonal and national actors. The network analysis confirmed our hypothesis of strong fragmentation: we found little collaboration between the water supply and wastewater sector (confirming horizontal fragmentation), and few ties between local, cantonal, and national actors (confirming vertical fragmentation). Infrastructure Planning is clearly dominated by engineers and local authorities. Little importance is placed on longer-term strategic objectives and integrated catchment Planning, but this was perceived as more important in a second analysis going beyond typical questions of stakeholder analysis. We conclude that linking a stakeholder analysis, comprising rarely asked questions, with a rigorous social network analysis is very fruitful and generates complementary results. This combination gave us deeper insight into the socio-political-engineering world of water Infrastructure Planning that is of vital importance to our well-being.
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Stakeholder analysis combined with social network analysis provides fine-grained insights into water Infrastructure Planning processes
Journal of Environmental Management, 2013Co-Authors: Judit Lienert, Florian Schnetzer, Karine IngoldAbstract:Environmental policy and decision-making are characterized by complex interactions between different actors and sectors. As a rule, a stakeholder analysis is performed to understand those involved, but it has been criticized for lacking quality and consistency. This lack is remedied here by a formal social network analysis that investigates collaborative and multi-level governance settings in a rigorous way. We examine the added value of combining both elements. Our case study examines Infrastructure Planning in the Swiss water sector. Water supply and wastewater Infrastructures are planned far into the future, usually on the basis of projections of past boundary conditions. They affect many actors, including the population, and are expensive. In view of increasing future dynamics and climate change, a more participatory and long-term Planning approach is required. Our specific aims are to investigate fragmentation in water Infrastructure Planning, to understand how actors from different decision levels and sectors are represented, and which interests they follow. We conducted 27 semi-structured interviews with local stakeholders, but also cantonal and national actors. The network analysis confirmed our hypothesis of strong fragmentation: we found little collaboration between the water supply and wastewater sector (confirming horizontal fragmentation), and few ties between local, cantonal, and national actors (confirming vertical fragmentation). Infrastructure Planning is clearly dominated by engineers and local authorities. Little importance is placed on longer-term strategic objectives and integrated catchment Planning, but this was perceived as more important in a second analysis going beyond typical questions of stakeholder analysis. We conclude that linking a stakeholder analysis, comprising rarely asked questions, with a rigorous social network analysis is very fruitful and generates complementary results. This combination gave us deeper insight into the socio-political-engineering world of water Infrastructure Planning that is of vital importance to our well-being. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
Judit Lienert - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Structured decision-making for sustainable water Infrastructure Planning and four future scenarios
EURO Journal on Decision Processes, 2015Co-Authors: Judit Lienert, Lisa Scholten, Christoph Egger, Max MaurerAbstract:Water supply and wastewater Infrastructures are vital for human well-being and environmental protection; they adhere to the highest standards, are expensive and long-lived. Because they are also aging, substantial Planning is required. Climate and socio-economic change create large Planning uncertainties and simple projections of past developments are no longer adequate. This paper presents the initial phases of a structured decision-making (SDM) procedure which is designed to increase the sustainability of water Infrastructure Planning and includes various stakeholders in an exemplary Swiss case study. We evaluate the SDM approach critically based on stakeholder feedback, give general recommendations and provide ample material to make it applicable to other settings. We carried out 27 interviews and two stakeholder workshops. We identified important objectives for water Infrastructure Planning, including all three sustainability pillars and their respective attributes (indicators, benchmarks) to measure how well the objectives are achieved. We then created strategic decision alternatives, including “business-as-usual” upgrades of the central water supply and wastewater system as well as semi- to fully decentralized alternatives. To tackle future uncertainty, we developed four socio-demographic scenarios. We used these to test the robustness of decision alternatives in a later Multi-Attribute Utility Theory analysis. Additionally, we contribute to the topical discussion of combining scenario Planning with multi-criteria decision analysis and demonstrate how various scenarios can stimulate creativity when generating decision alternatives. Their internal consistency is ensured by rigorously specifying them using a strategy generation table. Our SDM procedure can be adapted to inform decisions about sustainable water Infrastructures in other contexts.
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stakeholder analysis combined with social network analysis provides fine grained insights into water Infrastructure Planning processes
Journal of Environmental Management, 2013Co-Authors: Judit Lienert, Florian Schnetzer, Karine IngoldAbstract:Environmental policy and decision-making are characterized by complex interactions between different actors and sectors. As a rule, a stakeholder analysis is performed to understand those involved, but it has been criticized for lacking quality and consistency. This lack is remedied here by a formal social network analysis that investigates collaborative and multi-level governance settings in a rigorous way. We examine the added value of combining both elements. Our case study examines Infrastructure Planning in the Swiss water sector. Water supply and wastewater Infrastructures are planned far into the future, usually on the basis of projections of past boundary conditions. They affect many actors, including the population, and are expensive. In view of increasing future dynamics and climate change, a more participatory and long-term Planning approach is required. Our specific aims are to investigate fragmentation in water Infrastructure Planning, to understand how actors from different decision levels and sectors are represented, and which interests they follow. We conducted 27 semi-structured interviews with local stakeholders, but also cantonal and national actors. The network analysis confirmed our hypothesis of strong fragmentation: we found little collaboration between the water supply and wastewater sector (confirming horizontal fragmentation), and few ties between local, cantonal, and national actors (confirming vertical fragmentation). Infrastructure Planning is clearly dominated by engineers and local authorities. Little importance is placed on longer-term strategic objectives and integrated catchment Planning, but this was perceived as more important in a second analysis going beyond typical questions of stakeholder analysis. We conclude that linking a stakeholder analysis, comprising rarely asked questions, with a rigorous social network analysis is very fruitful and generates complementary results. This combination gave us deeper insight into the socio-political-engineering world of water Infrastructure Planning that is of vital importance to our well-being.
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Stakeholder analysis combined with social network analysis provides fine-grained insights into water Infrastructure Planning processes
Journal of Environmental Management, 2013Co-Authors: Judit Lienert, Florian Schnetzer, Karine IngoldAbstract:Environmental policy and decision-making are characterized by complex interactions between different actors and sectors. As a rule, a stakeholder analysis is performed to understand those involved, but it has been criticized for lacking quality and consistency. This lack is remedied here by a formal social network analysis that investigates collaborative and multi-level governance settings in a rigorous way. We examine the added value of combining both elements. Our case study examines Infrastructure Planning in the Swiss water sector. Water supply and wastewater Infrastructures are planned far into the future, usually on the basis of projections of past boundary conditions. They affect many actors, including the population, and are expensive. In view of increasing future dynamics and climate change, a more participatory and long-term Planning approach is required. Our specific aims are to investigate fragmentation in water Infrastructure Planning, to understand how actors from different decision levels and sectors are represented, and which interests they follow. We conducted 27 semi-structured interviews with local stakeholders, but also cantonal and national actors. The network analysis confirmed our hypothesis of strong fragmentation: we found little collaboration between the water supply and wastewater sector (confirming horizontal fragmentation), and few ties between local, cantonal, and national actors (confirming vertical fragmentation). Infrastructure Planning is clearly dominated by engineers and local authorities. Little importance is placed on longer-term strategic objectives and integrated catchment Planning, but this was perceived as more important in a second analysis going beyond typical questions of stakeholder analysis. We conclude that linking a stakeholder analysis, comprising rarely asked questions, with a rigorous social network analysis is very fruitful and generates complementary results. This combination gave us deeper insight into the socio-political-engineering world of water Infrastructure Planning that is of vital importance to our well-being. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
Changwon Lee - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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A multicriteria decision-making approach to university resource allocations and information Infrastructure Planning
European Journal of Operational Research, 1998Co-Authors: N K Kwak, Changwon LeeAbstract:This paper presents an application of zero-one goal programming (GP) as an aid for resource allocations for information Infrastructure Planning in a university. The GP model is developed and analyzed to address the dramatic growth in information technology use and network Planning. The analytic hierarchy process method is used to assign proper weights to prioritized project goals. Sensitivity analyses are performed to improve the model applicability. The application of the GP model adds insight to the Planning functions of the University's information systems.
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Theory and methodology: A multicriteria decision-making approach to university resource allocations and information Infrastructure Planning
European Journal of Operational Research, 1998Co-Authors: N K Kwak, Changwon LeeAbstract:This paper presents an application of zero-one goal programming (GP) as an aid for resource allocations for information Infrastructure Planning in a university. The GP model is developed and analyzed to address the dramatic growth in information technology use and network Planning. The analytic hierarchy process method is used to assign proper weights to prioritized project goals. Sensitivity analyses are performed to improve the model applicability. The application of the GP model adds insight to the Planning functions of the University's information systems.
Florian Schnetzer - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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stakeholder analysis combined with social network analysis provides fine grained insights into water Infrastructure Planning processes
Journal of Environmental Management, 2013Co-Authors: Judit Lienert, Florian Schnetzer, Karine IngoldAbstract:Environmental policy and decision-making are characterized by complex interactions between different actors and sectors. As a rule, a stakeholder analysis is performed to understand those involved, but it has been criticized for lacking quality and consistency. This lack is remedied here by a formal social network analysis that investigates collaborative and multi-level governance settings in a rigorous way. We examine the added value of combining both elements. Our case study examines Infrastructure Planning in the Swiss water sector. Water supply and wastewater Infrastructures are planned far into the future, usually on the basis of projections of past boundary conditions. They affect many actors, including the population, and are expensive. In view of increasing future dynamics and climate change, a more participatory and long-term Planning approach is required. Our specific aims are to investigate fragmentation in water Infrastructure Planning, to understand how actors from different decision levels and sectors are represented, and which interests they follow. We conducted 27 semi-structured interviews with local stakeholders, but also cantonal and national actors. The network analysis confirmed our hypothesis of strong fragmentation: we found little collaboration between the water supply and wastewater sector (confirming horizontal fragmentation), and few ties between local, cantonal, and national actors (confirming vertical fragmentation). Infrastructure Planning is clearly dominated by engineers and local authorities. Little importance is placed on longer-term strategic objectives and integrated catchment Planning, but this was perceived as more important in a second analysis going beyond typical questions of stakeholder analysis. We conclude that linking a stakeholder analysis, comprising rarely asked questions, with a rigorous social network analysis is very fruitful and generates complementary results. This combination gave us deeper insight into the socio-political-engineering world of water Infrastructure Planning that is of vital importance to our well-being.
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Stakeholder analysis combined with social network analysis provides fine-grained insights into water Infrastructure Planning processes
Journal of Environmental Management, 2013Co-Authors: Judit Lienert, Florian Schnetzer, Karine IngoldAbstract:Environmental policy and decision-making are characterized by complex interactions between different actors and sectors. As a rule, a stakeholder analysis is performed to understand those involved, but it has been criticized for lacking quality and consistency. This lack is remedied here by a formal social network analysis that investigates collaborative and multi-level governance settings in a rigorous way. We examine the added value of combining both elements. Our case study examines Infrastructure Planning in the Swiss water sector. Water supply and wastewater Infrastructures are planned far into the future, usually on the basis of projections of past boundary conditions. They affect many actors, including the population, and are expensive. In view of increasing future dynamics and climate change, a more participatory and long-term Planning approach is required. Our specific aims are to investigate fragmentation in water Infrastructure Planning, to understand how actors from different decision levels and sectors are represented, and which interests they follow. We conducted 27 semi-structured interviews with local stakeholders, but also cantonal and national actors. The network analysis confirmed our hypothesis of strong fragmentation: we found little collaboration between the water supply and wastewater sector (confirming horizontal fragmentation), and few ties between local, cantonal, and national actors (confirming vertical fragmentation). Infrastructure Planning is clearly dominated by engineers and local authorities. Little importance is placed on longer-term strategic objectives and integrated catchment Planning, but this was perceived as more important in a second analysis going beyond typical questions of stakeholder analysis. We conclude that linking a stakeholder analysis, comprising rarely asked questions, with a rigorous social network analysis is very fruitful and generates complementary results. This combination gave us deeper insight into the socio-political-engineering world of water Infrastructure Planning that is of vital importance to our well-being. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
Kaveh Madani - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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adaptive water Infrastructure Planning for nonstationary hydrology
Advances in Water Resources, 2018Co-Authors: Jonathan D Herman, Jay R Lund, Kaveh MadaniAbstract:Abstract The uncertainty of a changing climate raises challenges for water Infrastructure Planning and design. Not accounting for nonstationarity may result in under-designed structures that fail too frequently, or over-designed structures that are economically inefficient. This concern is magnified by uncertainty in the long-term frequency and magnitude of future extreme events. Planning strategies that allow adaptations over a structure's life could improve both reliability and economic efficiency. This study develops a method to inform adaptive water Infrastructure Planning with uncertain hydrologic and other forms of nonstationarity, applied to levee system Planning. A stochastic dynamic programming model including a Markov process is developed for Infrastructure Planning with uncertain nonstationarity in flood frequency. Bayes' theorem is used to update peak flow probabilities conditioned on observed past peak flows and to update expected residual flood damages over time. A levee system Planning problem with a numerical example from California illustrates the approach to derive optimal levee heights over time, and economic values of adapting to uncertain nonstationary flood risk. The projected range of probabilistic hydrology scenarios affects the optimal results, particularly in later Planning stages as hydrology scenarios diverge with time. Adaptive Planning strategies allowing more levee upgrades over time slightly lowers the overall cost and provides better flood protection than one-time construction under nonstationary hydrology for any climate in the example. Compared to a known future nonstationary hydrology, incorporating uncertain nonstationary climate results in higher levees being planned for observed severe hydrology scenarios in later stages. The overall present value cost with uncertain nonstationary climate depends on rates of change in peak flow distribution parameters in future hydrology scenarios.