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Reconstructing the impasse in the transfer of delta plans: evaluating the translation of Dutch water management strategies to Jakarta, Indonesia

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  • Ellen Minkman
  • Peter Letitre
  • Arwin van Buuren

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This study takes the stagnation in the transfer of knowledge about strategic delta planning as a starting point and identifies the interplay of constraining factors. We conclude that the way the process of policy transfer is executed is crucial. The Dutch government aims to transfer the Dutch approach to delta planning (labelled ‘the Dutch Delta Approach’) to other – often developing – countries. However, policy transfer is a complex process that depends on a variety of factors. Deadlocks can occur when the transferred knowledge and the corresponding policy ideas are neither adopted nor rejected. Taking the impasse in the transfer process in the National Capital Integrated Coastal Development project in Jakarta as a case study, we demonstrate that fundamental policy change is needed to adopt strategic delta planning in Jakarta and present three interrelated explanations, related to the policy transfer process, that illustrate why this change is not yet observed.

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  • Ellen Minkman & Peter Letitre & Arwin van Buuren, 2019. "Reconstructing the impasse in the transfer of delta plans: evaluating the translation of Dutch water management strategies to Jakarta, Indonesia," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 62(9), pages 1562-1582, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:62:y:2019:i:9:p:1562-1582
    DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2018.1527216
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    1. Roestamy, Martin & Martin, Abraham Yazdi & Rusli, Radif Khotamir & Fulazzaky, Mohamad Ali, 2022. "A review of the reliability of land bank institution in Indonesia for effective land management of public interest," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 120(C).
    2. Ellen Minkman, 2023. "Resolving impasses in policy translation: Shall we adjust the idea or the process?," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 41(2), pages 333-350, March.
    3. Emma Colven, 2020. "Thinking beyond success and failure: Dutch water expertise and friction in postcolonial Jakarta," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 38(6), pages 961-979, September.
    4. Thirumalini Selvaraj & Asmita Yadav & Haritima Bahuguna & Jakub Drewnowski & Mahesh Ganesapillai, 2021. "Ancient settlements-atavistic solutions for present water supply and drainage problems engendered by urbanism," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 23(5), pages 8076-8088, May.

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