This paper examines how new policy concepts are taken up in practice, focusing on the Circular Economy of Water (CEW) in the Netherlands. Drawing on 20 semi-structured interviews with practitioners from different governance levels, regions, and sectors, we analyze how CEW is interpreted, reshaped, and mainstreamed into existing water-governance structures. We identify six lock-ins that constrain CEW's implementation and three mechanisms through which it is mainstreamed. Our findings show that lock-ins and mainstreaming mechanisms are closely interconnected: While CEW adapts to existing systems, it can also reinforce them, at times leading to rebound effects or supporting business-as-usual practices. This study contributes to a deeper understanding of the dilemmas related to CEW governance, offering insights to enhance sustainable water management practices and transformative changes. We argue that design-oriented approaches can inform how CEW is imagined and implemented, helping to reconsider whether it addresses the causes of unsustainable practices or offers temporary fixes.
This paper provides anecdotes and examples on a wide range of topics related to sustainability, circular economy, local governance, and community development in Nepal, and illustrates the disconnect between global concepts like the circular economy and the ground realities of rural Nepal. It discusses the origins of th...
U. Pyakurel· Aadim Journal of Multidiscip...· 0 citations
The study investigates how existing circular economy (CE) practices operate within Mumbai’s brownfield redevelopment projects. It examines the decentralized network of actors, spaces and processes that govern material recovery, reuse and redistribution across demolition cycles. It addresses the empirical CE researc...
Shriya Bhatia, Shravani Salvi, B. Rao et al.· Journal of Real Estate, Cons...· 0 citations
Circular economy (CE) principles offer a restorative alternative to the linear construction model that dominates Lagos, a megacity facing a housing deficit of 2–3 million units and generating over 2.5 million tonnes of construction and demolition waste annually. While policy momentum is building, the extent to which CE...
O. A. Adewole· International journal of res...· 0 citations
The study conceptualises governance tensions in GenAI adoption as inherent paradoxes arising from the same mechanisms that create value, and proposes the Assure-Account-Align routine as a candidate bridge between contextual conditions (TOE) and dynamic action (DC), offering a sensitising device for future research rath...
Ginevra Degregori, Davide Calandra, P. Biancone· Management Decision· 0 citations
In commons and institutional research, the Institutional Analysis and Development framework (IADF) has proven itself as a useful tool to investigate the complexities of social-environmental systems. It is effective in guiding researchers through the process of understanding complex problem situations. The framework hel...
Iasc-Ecn Power Collective, Désirée Schwindenhammer, Lavanya Suresh et al.· International Journal of the...· 0 citations
Collaboration across the ‘siloes’ of government is key to unlocking a transformative paradigm shift in climate change adaptation (CCA), yet such ‘mainstreaming’ efforts have been unsuccessful to date. This paper argues that these shortcomings are rooted primarily in the mainstreaming literature’s neglect of people’s...
