System Building from Below
Institutional Change in Dutch Water Control Systems
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4021626 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arne Kaijser (0000-0002-7285-7455, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 521-548 |
| Publication date | 2002-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Technology and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-165X • E-ISSN: 1097-3729 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/tech.2002.0120 |
| OpenAlex | W2047625108 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 31 |
| References cited | 4 |
The Netherlands faces the North Sea to the north and to the west, and three major rivers—the Rhine, the Maas, and the Schelde—have their outlets in the country. The ability of its inhabitants to control the water flows of this sea and these rivers has for many centuries been decisive for the safety and prosperity of the country. In the Middle Ages, Dutch peasants were able to drain peat bogs and transform them into fertile farmlands. The drainage canals they employed in this task doubled as a transportation network and facilitated the development of commerce and rapid urbanization. This prepared the ground for the golden age of the seventeenth century, when Amsterdam was the commercial and cultural center of the world and per capita income was higher in the Netherlands then anywhere else. Today the Rotterdam harbor is one of the biggest in the world, and commerce, transportation, and agriculture are major sectors of a Dutch economy still dependent on the careful control of flowing water. But water has not only been a blessing to the Dutch. At times they have lost control over it, and the sea or the rivers have broken through the dikes. Devastating floods are traumatic events in the history of the country, and they remain a threat today. 1
Agriculture · Archaeology · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Environmental protection · Geography · Per capita · Population · Prosperity · Urbanization · Climate Change and Sustainable Development · Water Governance and Infrastructure · Water resources management and optimization
An analytical framework for common-pool resource–large technical system (CPR-LTS) constellations
Robustness or resilience? Managing the intersection of ecology and engineering in an urban Alaskan fishery
A Framework to Analyze the Robustness of Social-ecological Systems from an Institutional Perspective
Hydraulic engineering in the social-ecological delta
Drylab 2023
Identifying intangible and biocultural heritage elements toward environmental understanding
Water Management on the Island of IJsselmonde 1000 to 1953
Dutch Dealings with the Delta
"In the Art of My Profession"
The ′Adat′ institution and the Management of Grand Forest ′Herman Yohannes′ in Indonesian Timor
Living Lawns, Dying Waters
Seawalls at Work
Roads without Rails
An analytical framework for common-pool resource–large technical system (CPR-LTS) constellations
Vulnerability in Technological Cultures
Multilevel Democracy
Following the Water
Towards a modular and temporal understanding of system diffusion
The Kabu-ido system and factors affecting local groundwater extraction control
Reconstituting the Public-Private Divide under Global Conditions
American and Dutch Coastal Engineering
Self-Governance and Adaptation
Fragmented but Forceful
Ii. Expertise and the State
Technologies of a trading empire
Rising Seas, Sinking Lands
Can markets be expected to prevent themselves from self‐destruction
The Politics of Amphibiousness
Dikes and Dams, Thick with Politics
The Capitalocene, Part I
What Makes Socio-ecological Systems Robust? An Institutional Analysis of the 2,000 Year-Old Ifugao Society
| Unique citing works | 31 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,41 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2026 (23) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |