Conflicts about water: A case study of contest and power in Dutch rural policy |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Water Resources Management Group, Wageningen University, The Netherlands;2. Subsecretaría del Riego y Drenaje, Ministerio de Agricultura, Quito, Ecuador;3. IHE Institute for Water Education, Delft, The Netherlands;4. Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation (CEDLA), University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands;1. College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China;2. State Cultivation Base of Eco-agriculture for Southwest Mountainous Land, Chongqing, 400715, China;3. Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma 74078, USA;4. College of Geography and Tourism, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China;1. School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, Zhu Xin Zhuang, Bei Nong Road No. 2, Changping District, Beijing 102206, China;2. Decision and Information Sciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL, USA;3. School of Economics and Management, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Ping Yang Road No. 2103, Yangpu District, Shanghai, China;4. Gansu Electric Power Corporation, Xi Jing Dong Road No.628, Qilihe District, Lanzhou, China;1. State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China;2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;3. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA |
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| Abstract: | The Dutch countryside forms the scene for pressing problems of management and allocation of land and water. These problems underscore the need for comprehensive rural policies. For that purpose, area-based rural policy has been initiated. This new policy is part of a larger policy shift, labelled in literature as ‘new rural governance’. Area-based rural policy co-ordinates the different interests of stakeholders and establishes consensus-based solutions. In this article we question this claim. We analyse the conflicts, rationalities and interests within a Dutch rural planning project. This project displays a power struggle in which actors try to (de)construct legitimacy. This observation contrasts sharply with the consensual rationality on which area-based policies are founded. Therefore, we conclude that a tension exists between ‘what should be done’ and ‘what is actually done’ in Dutch rural policy. Area-based policy does not guarantee the establishment of consensus among rural stakeholders. Therefore, Dutch area-based policies need to be contextualised to purposefully address spatial rural problems. |
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