Print Email Facebook Twitter Pilot Projects in Water Management Title Pilot Projects in Water Management Author Vreugdenhil, H. Slinger, J. Thissen, W. Ker Rault, P. Faculty Technology, Policy and Management Department Multi Actor Systems Date 2010-12-31 Abstract Pilot projects appear in many forms in policy making and management. In an effort to understand the nature and use of pilot projects and improve their effectiveness, we undertake a practice-based and theoretical study of the pilot project phenomenon. First, we examine the roles assigned to pilot projects in the policy development literature and explore their use in a Dutch water innovation platform. Second, we determine characteristics of pilot projects to deepen insights into the nature of the pilot project phenomenon and the dimensions useful in the design of pilot projects. Third, we identify three pilot types and nine ways to use a pilot project and we develop a Pilot Project Nonagon that can be used to assess pilot projects’ uses and to compare stakeholders’ perspectives on these uses. Fourth, we identify hurdles to diffusion of the knowledge developed from pilot projects and suggest strategies to overcome these. Lastly, we formulate a research agenda aimed at addressing the identified knowledge gaps. Subject multi-actor contextpilot project nonagonpilot project characteristicspilot projectspilot project usespolicy developmentwater managementWINN To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:95b14c47-4731-40eb-8f7c-1f083c2af5e8 Publisher Resilience Alliance ISSN 1708-3087 Source http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol15/iss3/art13/ Source Ecology and Society, 15 (3), 2010 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2010 The Author(s)Published under license by the Resilience Alliance Files PDF Vreugdenhil_2010.pdf 474.69 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:95b14c47-4731-40eb-8f7c-1f083c2af5e8/datastream/OBJ/view