Climate change has significant ramifications for water law and governance, yet, there is
strong evidence that legal regulations have often failed to protect environments or promote …

Adaptive management has been considered a valuable approach for managing social-
ecological systems involving high levels of complexity and uncertainty. However, many …

What rights does the state have over privately owned land? Why should some landowners
be favoured over others? How can the practice of land-use planning be improved? This …

The uncertainties that are part of the development trajectories of cities challenge spatial
planners in designing productive interventions. This paper explores how complexity theory …

The aspirations of individuals, organizations, and states, and their perceptions of problems
and possible solutions circulate fast in this instantaneous society. Yet, the deliberation of the …

Planning through processes of “co-creation” has become a priority for practitioners, urban
activists, and scientific researchers. However, urban development still shows a close …

In the course of the nineteenth century, many countries attempted to simplify their regulatory
systems; since then, however, the entire legal apparatus has become ever more complex …

A three-step interdisciplinary method to assess approaches to water shortage, water quality
and flood risks is presented. This method, based on water system analysis, economics, law …

Since Jacobs'(1961) pioneering, ground-breaking work, cities have increasingly come to be
seen as complex systems (de Roo, Hillier, & Van Wezemael, 2012; Portugali, 1999; …

In general, the issue of climate change is characterized by uncertainty, complexity, and
multifacetedness. In the Netherlands, climate change is in above highly controversial. These …