TY - JOUR
T1 - Governance conditions to overcome the challenges of realizing safe urban bathing water sites
AU - Wuijts, Susanne
AU - Friederichs, Lieke
AU - Hin, Judith A.
AU - Schets, Franciska M.
AU - Van Rijswick, Helena F.M.W.
AU - Driessen, Peter P.J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This study aims to identify governance conditions to realize urban bathing water sites using case study material from two cities in the Netherlands. Urban waters in Europe are increasingly considered an attractive feature for bathing, but research on the realization of urban bathing water sites has been limited. We find that it is important to account for the connectivity between water systems characteristics and governance conditions to increase effectiveness in the realization of urban bathing water sites. Ambitions regarding urban bathing water sites should be addressed in a wider policy context to create co-benefits, like other ambitions related to water quality, resilience and health. An analytical framework has been developed that could be used to support development and evaluation of future urban bathing water initiatives.
AB - This study aims to identify governance conditions to realize urban bathing water sites using case study material from two cities in the Netherlands. Urban waters in Europe are increasingly considered an attractive feature for bathing, but research on the realization of urban bathing water sites has been limited. We find that it is important to account for the connectivity between water systems characteristics and governance conditions to increase effectiveness in the realization of urban bathing water sites. Ambitions regarding urban bathing water sites should be addressed in a wider policy context to create co-benefits, like other ambitions related to water quality, resilience and health. An analytical framework has been developed that could be used to support development and evaluation of future urban bathing water initiatives.
KW - Urban bathing water
KW - connectivity
KW - Bathing Water Directive
KW - governance conditions
KW - policy effectiveness
KW - Water Framework Directive
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85087043981&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/07900627.2020.1755617
DO - 10.1080/07900627.2020.1755617
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85087043981
SN - 0790-0627
VL - 38
SP - 554
EP - 578
JO - International Journal of Water Resources Development
JF - International Journal of Water Resources Development
IS - 4
ER -