%0 Thesis %9 Master %A Boelens, B. %D 2020 %F theses_frw:3372 %T Boundary Spanning in Dutch water management and sustainable energy planning %U https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3372/ %X The engagement and management of stakeholders have become essential aspects of today’s Western planning practice in the fields of water management and sustainable energy. Tensions are a challenge for the practices of stakeholder management and due to the growing involvement of stakeholders in planning practices, innovative approaches to the management of stakeholders are necessary: omgevingsmanagement. From boundary spanning literature, four types of tensions have been distinguished: performing, organizing, belonging and learning, which serve as the analytical framework for the experiences of local context managers. The results show a tendency of hybrid forms of tension types, focusing on performing tensions, relating to the approaches used by local context managers: the dominant SLCM approach (project-based) and the less frequently applied Two-Legged approach (process-based). Looking at the upcoming EPA, mainly the two-legged approach shows potential to serve t!