Abteilung Umweltsozialwissenschaften

Wie sich die Wahl von Politikinstrumenten in komplexen Politikprozessen erklären lässt – Ein vergleichender Netzwerkansatz über die Regulierung von Mikroverunreinigung im Rheineinzugsgebiet


Dieses Forschungsprojekt behandelt die Frage, welche Faktoren die Wahl von Politikinstrumenten durch Regierungen erklären. Um diese Frage zu beantworten, wird vergleichend untersucht, welche gesetzlichen Massnahmen die Anrainerstaaten des Rheins (Schweiz, Deutschland, Frankreich, Luxemburg, Holland) unternehmen, um die Konzentration von Mikroschadstoffen im Wasser zu reduzieren. Mit Hilfe einer Netzwerkanalyse soll herausgefunden werden, welche Akteure an den politischen Entscheidungsprozessen der verschiedenen Rheinanliegerstaaten beteiligt sind, welche Strukturmerkmale die Entscheidungsnetzwerke aufweisen und ob es einen kausalen Zusammenhang gibt zwischen Netzwerkstrukturen und der Wahl von Politikinstrumenten. Darüber hinaus wird untersucht, ob dem Problem der Mikroverunreinigungen am Rhein durch einen integrierten und grenzüberschreitenden Wassermanagementansatz begegnet wird.

Resultate

Dieses Projekt hat aufgezeigt dass Netzwerke und ihre Strukturen tatsächlich einen Einfluss auf die Wahl von regulativen Instrumenten und Massnahme-Mixes haben. Instrumenten-Arrangements sind umso zielführender gestaltet wenn ein gewisses Grad an Zusammenarbeit und Koordination im Netzwerk besteht. Auch die Präsenz einzelner Akteure wie Vermittler oder Entrepreneurs kann sich positiv auf den Instrmenten-Mix auswirken. Diese Resultate wurden für die Regulierung von Mikroschadstoffen generiert und können in weiteren Politikfeldern nun bestätigt werden. 

Hauptantragsstellerin

Prof. Dr. Karin Ingold Tel. +41 58 765 5676 Inviare e-mail

Projektteam

Florence Metz, Universität Bern

Projektpartner

H. Bresser, UTwente

M. Lubell, UDavis

F. Varone, UGeneva

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Sustainable wastewater management: is it possible to regulate micropollution in the future by learning from the Past? A policy analysis

This paper applies a policy analysis approach to the question of how to effectively regulate micropollution in a sustainable manner. Micropollution is a complex policy problem characterized by a huge number and diversity of chemical substances, as well as various entry paths into the aquatic environment. It challenges traditional water quality management by calling for new technologies in wastewater treatment and behavioral changes in industry, agriculture and civil society. In light of such challenges, the question arises as to how to regulate such a complex phenomenon to ensure water quality is maintained in the future? What can we learn from past experiences in water quality regulation? To answer these questions, policy analysis strongly focuses on the design and choice of policy instruments and the mix of such measures. In this paper, we review instruments commonly used in past water quality regulation. We evaluate their ability to respond to the characteristics of a more recent water quality problem, i.e., micropollution, in a sustainable way. This way, we develop a new framework that integrates both the problem dimension (i.e., causes and effects of a problem) as well as the sustainability dimension (e.g., long-term, cross-sectoral and multi-level) to assess which policy instruments are best suited to regulate micropollution. We thus conclude that sustainability criteria help to identify an appropriate instrument mix of end-of-pipe and source-directed measures to reduce aquatic micropollution.
Metz, F.; Ingold, K. (2014) Sustainable wastewater management: is it possible to regulate micropollution in the future by learning from the Past? A policy analysis, Sustainability, 6(4), 1992-2012, doi:10.3390/su6041992, Institutional Repository