eprintid: 631 rev_number: 1 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/00/06/31 datestamp: 2020-04-23 05:18:41 lastmod: 2020-04-23 05:18:41 status_changed: 2020-04-23 05:18:41 type: thesis metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Kuhlmann, A.C. title: Sustainable Urban Water Management in Germany - Evaluation of micro-transitions and discussion of their upscaling ispublished: pub full_text_status: public abstract: Water is at the core of human existence. Human beings have an impact on water condition in both quality and quantity and are also dependent on good water conditions. The urban area is an opportune arena representing the relationship between human existence and water as it reveals the interruption of the natural water cycle. An approach addressing this relation is Sustainable Urban Water Management (SUWM). In Germany, pilot-projects implementing SUWM exist. Five of such pilot-projects are compared, finding lacking cost-efficiency and institutional inertia as main obstacles and individual persons supporting the project and frequent communication addressing prevailing uncertainties as main support. The implementation of SUWM in Germany is linked to transition theory. It is suggested to policy and planning practice to seize SUWM as a feasible alternative to the traditional urban water management and make it a requirement for planners to assess its implementation when developing an area. date: 2017 date_type: published thesis_type: master degree_programme: EIP tutors_name: Trell, dr. Elen-Maarja (Groningen) tutors_name: Schaal, dr. Peter (Oldenburg) tutors_name: Spiekermann, Jan (Oldenburg) tutors_name: Zuidema, dr. Christian (Groningen) keywords_local: Upscaling keywords_local: Micro-Transitions keywords_local: Sustainable Urban Water Management keywords_local: Climate Change Adaptation keywords_local: Environmental Sustainability language_iso: en titleorder: Sustainable Urban Water Management in Germany - Evaluation of micro-transitions and discussion of their upscaling dbi: 59afe1c930af7 imported_item: yes date_of_import: 2020-04-22 imported_from: http://scripties.frw.eldoc.ub.rug.nl/root/ma/EIP/2017/ackuhlmann/ import_source_file: theses-frw-20200422132455-59afe1c930af7.xml date_issued: 2017-01-01 citation: Kuhlmann, A.C. (2017) Sustainable Urban Water Management in Germany - Evaluation of micro-transitions and discussion of their upscaling. Master thesis. document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/631/1/KUHLMANN_ANNA_final_master_thesis.pdf