Peter P J Driessen

Biographic Data

ID	323006
NAME	Peter P J Driessen
GIVEN NAMES	Peter P J
FAMILY NAME	Driessen
SIGNATURE	DRIESSEN P P J
AFFILIATIONS	Utrecht University
VERIFIED	No
TOTAL WORKS	24
TOTAL CITATIONS	152
AUTHOR COUNT	24
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1999
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2025
H-INDEX	8

Rising temperatures, rising vulnerabilities: Individual and community adaptation to heat stress in urban slums of Bangladesh
Open AccessZakia Sultana, Heleen L P Mees et al.ARTICLESustainable Cities and Society2025
Employs the Everyone’s Adaptation (EoA) framework to study heat stress adaptation. • Explores eight conditions shaping adaptation in urban informal settlements. • Finds income and social capital crucial for coping with and adapting to heat stress. • Reveals gendered and age-related barriers to community-level adaptation. • Recommends long-term, inclusive policies for equitable urban resilience. Rising temperatures and intensifying heat stress dis…
Beyond imagination? Examining practitioners’ perceptions of the feasibility of transformative governance futures for sustainable land use in the Dutch peatlands
Open AccessMandy A van den Ende, Heleen L P Mees et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2025References: 16
The ongoing accumulation of environmental problems worldwide has increasingly raised scholarly calls for beyond technological environmental governance. Although such alternative, more transformative approaches have been proposed in the literature, their imaginability in practice has lagged behind, especially in the presence of a technological path dependency. This research seeks to address the so-called “crisis of the imagination” by exploring tr…
City-to-city learning to enhance urban water management: The contribution of the City Blueprint Approach
Open AccessCarel Dieperink, Stef H A Koop et al.ARTICLECities2023References: 53
Cities face several water challenges which ask for more pro-active management approaches. One option that cities have is to start networking and build learning alliances with other cities. Forming meaningful alliances however asks for clear and easily accessible city-matching methodologies which are based on a standardised assessment approach and the presence of structured and large databases. The City Blueprint Approach is an example of such a m…
Envisioning alternatives in pre-structured urban sustainability transformations: Too late to change the future
Open AccessAstrid C Mangnus, Astrid Mangnus et al.ARTICLECities2022References: 21
In the governance of urban sustainability transformations, participatory futures practices are increasingly popular. Yet there is a rising awareness that the success or failure of these practices depends on how they are staged and the context in which they are conducted. These contextual factors are often less than ideal, and futures practices take place at the crossroads of many pre-determined agendas and priorities. We distinguish four factors …
Participatory scenario planning and framing of social-ecological systems: An analysis of policy formulation processes in Rwanda and Tanzania
Open AccessLucas Rutting, Joost Vervoort et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2021Cited by: 2
Rutting, L., J. M. Vervoort, H. Mees, and P. P. J. Driessen. 2021. Participatory scenario planning and framing of social-ecological systems: an analysis of policy formulation processes in Rwanda and Tanzania. Ecology and Society 26(4):20. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12665-260420
Institutional work in diverse niche contexts: The case of low-carbon housing in the Netherlands
Open AccessDidi Van Doren, Hens Runhaar et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Innovation and…2020Cited by: 14References: 43
Overcoming low EIA performance - A diagnostic tool for the deliberate development of EIA system capacities in low and middle income countries
Open AccessArend J Kolhoff, Arend Kolhoff et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Impact Assessment…2018Cited by: 11References: 29
Steering urban environmental quality in a multi-level governance context. How can devolution be the solution to pollution
Open AccessRien van Stigt, Peter P J Driessen et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2016Cited by: 1References: 41
The influence of actor capacities on EIA system performance in low and middle income countries —Cases from Georgia and Ghana
Open AccessArend J Kolhoff, Arend Kolhoff et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Impact Assessment…2016Cited by: 12References: 23
Toward more flood resilience: Is a diversification of flood risk management strategies the way forward
Open AccessD L T Hegger, Peter P J Driessen et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2016Cited by: 9
Hegger, D. L. T., P. P. J. Driessen, M. Wiering, H. F. M. W. Van Rijswick, Z. W. Kundzewicz, P. Matczak, A. Crabbé, G. T. Raadgever, M. H. N. Bakker, S. J. Priest, C. Larrue, and K. Ek. 2016. Toward more flood resilience: Is a diversification of flood risk management strategies the way forward? Ecology and Society 21(4):52. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08854-210452
Toward more resilient flood risk governance
Open AccessPeter P J Driessen, Peter Driessen et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2016Cited by: 7
Driessen, P. P. J., D. L. T. Hegger, M. H. N. Bakker, M. H. F. M. W. Van Rijswick, and Z. W. Kundzewicz. 2016. Toward more resilient flood risk governance. Ecology and Society 21(4):53. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08921-210453
A method for the deliberate and deliberative selection of policy instrument mixes for climate change adaptation
Open AccessHeleen L P Mees, Heleen Mees et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2014Cited by: 8
Mees, H. L. P., J. Dijk, D. van Soest, P. P. J. Driessen, M. H. F. M. W. van Rijswick, and H. Runhaar. 2014. A method for the deliberate and deliberative selection of policy instrument mixes for climate change adaptation. Ecology and Society 19(2): 58. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06639-190258
An analysis framework for characterizing and explaining development of EIA legislation in developing countries—Illustrated for Georgia, Ghana and Yemen
Open AccessArend J Kolhoff, Arend Kolhoff et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Impact Assessment…2013Cited by: 10References: 16
A window on urban sustainability
Rien van Stigt, Peter P J Driessen et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Impact Assessment…2013Cited by: 4References: 48
Public participation in environmental impact assessment: Why, who and how
Open AccessAnne N Glucker, Peter P J Driessen et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Impact Assessment…2013Cited by: 56References: 33
Towards a Conceptual Framework for The Study of Shifts in Modes of Environmental Governance – Experiences From The Netherlands
Open AccessPeter P J Driessen, Peter Driessen et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Policy and Governance2012
In the last decade, many authors have observed shifts from government to governance in the environmental policy domain. However, a clear conceptual framework to differentiate between modes of environmental governance is lacking and our understanding of when, how and why environmental governance changes from one mode to another is limited. In this paper we propose such a framework and we illustrate its usefulness by applying it to two environmenta…
The Effectiveness of Eia as an Instrument for Environmental Governance: Reflecting on 25 Years of Eia Practice in the Netherlands and the Uk
Josien Arts, Jos Arts et al.ARTICLEJournal of Environmental…2012
The European Union (EU) Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive which was introduced some 25 years ago has had a major impact on decision-making practices in EU member states. In the professional literature, this impact has mostly been discussed under the heading of "effectiveness", with an emphasis being given in particular to procedural elements. The extent to which EIA has contributed to objectives, such as raising environmental awaren…
Promoting system-level learning from project-level lessons
Open AccessAmos A de Jong, Hens Runhaar et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Impact Assessment…2012Cited by: 4References: 28
An analytical framework for capacity development in EIA — The case of Yemen
Open AccessLouise van Loon, Peter P J Driessen et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Impact Assessment…2010Cited by: 8References: 18
The contribution of capacities and context to EIA system performance and effectiveness in developing countries: Towards a better understanding
Arend J Kolhoff, Arend Kolhoff et al.ARTICLEImpact Assessment and Project…2009
EIA has the potential to contribute towards more sustainable development through well-informed decision-making.Evaluation studies conclude that this potential is utilised to a considerable extent in rich western democratic countries such as Canada and The Netherlands, but hardly in developing countries.EIA capacity development programmes have not been able to structurally change this situation in developing countries, where there is lack of insig…
Conversion to Organic Dairy Production in the Netherlands: Opportunities and Constraints
Open AccessArnoud A H Smit, Arnoud Smit et al.ARTICLERural Sociology2009Cited by: 3References: 37
Organic agriculture is perceived as being more sustainable than conventional agriculture. However, while there is a growing interest in, and market for, organic products, large-scale conversion to organic agriculture is not taking place. Even though conversion from conventional to organic dairy production is not especially difficult in theory, conversion is slow in this specific sector. The conversion process to organic agriculture is often analy…
What makes strategic environmental assessment successful environmental assessment? The role of context in the contribution of SEA to decision-making
Hens Runhaar, Peter P J Driessen et al.ARTICLEImpact Assessment and Project…2007
The expectations of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) regarding the integration of environmental and sustainability concerns into policy-making are high. Although evidence of its impact up to now is only indirect and, more important, appears to be modest, more attention has to be paid to the fact that the term ‘impact’ can be interpreted in different ways and to the importance of context in impact analysis. In this paper, we propose an ass…
Restructuring the Dutch countryside: Limits of a governance strategy
Peter P J Driessen, Peter DriessenARTICLEPlanning Practice and Research2005
Europe's rural areas are changing rapidly. In the Netherlands, where the competition for space is fierce, attempts are being made to manage such change. Several years ago, a large-scale project to
Flooding, River Management and Emergency Legislation Experiences of the accelerated reinforcement of dikes in the Netherlands
Open AccessPeter P J Driessen, Peter Driessen et al.ARTICLETijdschrift voor Economische en…1999Cited by: 3
In early 1995 the Netherlands was faced with extremely high water levels on some of its major rivers. An emergency situation arose due to the threat of dikes being breached. As a result, during 1995 and 1996 the dikes along major rivers have been subjected to large‐scale reinforcement. So that this could be achieved, a special Act was brought into force to make possible a fast realisation of the operation. In spite of expeditious implementation, …