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Reconstructing the Blue Connection: A Systemic Inquiry into the Improbable Project of Building a New River Through a (Sub)urban Area

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  • David Vaandrager
  • Lasse Gerrits
  • Nanny Bressers

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We analysed how an improbable project of building a new river through a suburban area came to fruition after all. The project is called the ‘Blue Connection’. We deployed systemic causal diagrams as a tool to visually show the structure of a system. The diagrams were derived and synthesized from interviews with participants. They then reflected upon the results. As such, the diagrams served a dual purpose: to understand why the Blue Connection project gained momentum whilst simultaneously contributing to the momentum by providing a coherent diagram of the systemic whole beyond the bounded mental models of individual actors. We identified the mechanisms that enabled or restrained the project as a complex system. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • David Vaandrager & Lasse Gerrits & Nanny Bressers, 2015. "Reconstructing the Blue Connection: A Systemic Inquiry into the Improbable Project of Building a New River Through a (Sub)urban Area," Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 32(6), pages 689-706, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:srbeha:v:32:y:2015:i:6:p:689-706
    DOI: 10.1002/sres.2297
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