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A transition in the Dutch wastewater system? : The struggle between discourses and with lock-ins

Kasper Ampe (UGent) , Erik Paredis (UGent) , Lotte Asveld, Patricia Osseweijer and Thomas Block (UGent)
(2020) JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY & PLANNING. 22(2). p.155-169
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Recently, calls have increased for a paradigm shift or transition towards resource recovery and a circular economy in the Dutch wastewater system. However, we have observed diverging interpretations on the nature of the transition. This reflects the political environment of sustainability transitions: political struggle emerges over the definition of problems, futures and strategies to be used. In order to help clarify the emerging debate and identify political choices, we conducted a discourse analysis. We identified three discourses that reveal some of the political choices to be made. One discourse is becoming dominant and focusses on optimising the large-scale infrastructure, market development and legislative changes. The discourse draws on the existing infrastructure and current political-economic institutions, which gives it an advantage in becoming dominant. Our findings also suggest that this discourse shapes a transition pathway that is characterised by lock-in effects and, at most, incremental changes instead of a fundamental shift in the established Dutch wastewater system.
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Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Wastewater, transition, discourse, politics, circular economy, CIRCULAR ECONOMY, SECTOR CHARACTERISTICS, RESOURCE RECOVERY, TRANSFORMATION, EXPECTATIONS, GOVERNANCE, DYNAMICS, POLITICS, ENERGY

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Ampe, Kasper, et al. “A Transition in the Dutch Wastewater System? : The Struggle between Discourses and with Lock-Ins.” JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY & PLANNING, vol. 22, no. 2, 2020, pp. 155–69, doi:10.1080/1523908x.2019.1680275.
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Ampe, K., Paredis, E., Asveld, L., Osseweijer, P., & Block, T. (2020). A transition in the Dutch wastewater system? : The struggle between discourses and with lock-ins. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY & PLANNING, 22(2), 155–169. https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908x.2019.1680275
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Ampe, Kasper, Erik Paredis, Lotte Asveld, Patricia Osseweijer, and Thomas Block. 2020. “A Transition in the Dutch Wastewater System? : The Struggle between Discourses and with Lock-Ins.” JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY & PLANNING 22 (2): 155–69. https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908x.2019.1680275.
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Ampe, Kasper, Erik Paredis, Lotte Asveld, Patricia Osseweijer, and Thomas Block. 2020. “A Transition in the Dutch Wastewater System? : The Struggle between Discourses and with Lock-Ins.” JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY & PLANNING 22 (2): 155–169. doi:10.1080/1523908x.2019.1680275.
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Ampe K, Paredis E, Asveld L, Osseweijer P, Block T. A transition in the Dutch wastewater system? : The struggle between discourses and with lock-ins. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY & PLANNING. 2020;22(2):155–69.
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K. Ampe, E. Paredis, L. Asveld, P. Osseweijer, and T. Block, “A transition in the Dutch wastewater system? : The struggle between discourses and with lock-ins,” JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY & PLANNING, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 155–169, 2020.
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