Title page -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Summary -- Problem formulation and research approach -- What are scale choices? -- Scales and scale choices in policy analysis in water management -- A quick scan to explore the problem -- Introduction -- Exploring the theory -- Exploring the practice -- Conclusions -- Research questions and objective of study -- Research approach and structure of the thesis -- Policy analysis: the edge of reason -- Preview of the chapter -- Defining policy analysis -- Developments in policy analysis -- Policy analysis in the early years -- A shift in policy making -- From single actor to multi-actor policy analysis -- Overview of differences -- An overview of goals in policy analysis -- Different rationalities in policy analysis -- The concept of rationality in policy analysis -- Scientific rationality -- Political rationality -- Managerial rationality -- Design rationality -- Overview of the rationalities -- Scale choices in policy analysis on water management -- Preview of the chapter -- Definitions -- Scale-related trends in water management -- Global scales and cross-scale interactions -- Small is beautiful -- Mismatch in physical and institutional scales -- Responses to the mismatch -- Scale according to different rationalities -- Scale according to the scientific rationality -- System scales -- Scales in sciences related to the physical system -- Scales in sciences related to the human system -- Scale choices in integrated water management research -- Scale according to the political rationality -- Decision making scale -- Strategic behaviour related to scale -- Process related chances offered by scale -- Scale according to the managerial rationality -- Scale according to the design rationality -- Introduction -- Observation scale -- Analysis scale -- Presentation scale.

Upscaling and downscaling -- Overview of scale choices and views on scale choices -- Conceptual model and case study research approach -- Preview of the chapter -- Conceptual model -- Introduction -- Actor views on scale alternatives -- Description of the actor archetypes -- Scale decision making -- Effects of scale choices -- Use of the conceptual model -- Selection of cases -- Data collection -- Data analysis -- Overview of steps in analysis -- Analysis of the selected scale and thought experiment -- Summary of the major dilemmas -- Analysis of effects of the selected scale choice -- Structure of presentation of case study results -- Overview of presentation -- Presentation of case study descriptions -- Presentation of case study analysis -- Case description of the Long-Term Vision of the Scheldt Estuary -- Context -- Background -- Problem situation -- Actors involved -- Policy analysis process -- Assignment -- Objectives -- Project approach -- Organisation -- Scale decision making -- Spatial boundary setting -- Temporal boundary setting -- Selection of the level of aggregation -- Scale handling during the process -- Results -- Aftermath -- Case description of the Water Shortage Study -- Context -- Background -- Problem situation -- Actors involved -- Policy analysis process -- Assignment -- Objectives -- Project approach -- Organisation -- Scale decision making -- Spatial boundary setting -- Temporal boundary setting -- Selection of the level of aggregation -- Scale handling during the WSS-project -- Spatial boundaries -- Temporal boundaries -- Level of aggregation -- Results -- Aftermath -- Studying the effects of the spatial boundary setting -- Introduction -- Long-Term Vision of the Scheldt Estuary -- Analysis of the selected spatial boundaries -- Thought experiment -- Summarising the major effects of the selected spatial boundaries.

Concluding remarks -- Water Shortage Study -- Analysis of the selected spatial boundaries -- Thought experiment -- Summarising the major effects of the selected spatial boundaries -- Concluding remarks -- Cross-case comparison -- Studying the effects of the temporal boundary setting -- Introduction -- Long-Term Vision of the Scheldt Estuary -- Analysis of the selected temporal boundaries -- Thought experiment -- Summarising the effects of the selected temporal boundaries -- Concluding remarks -- Water Shortage Study -- Analysis of the selected temporal boundaries -- Summarising the effects of the selected temporal boundaries -- Concluding remarks -- Cross-case comparison -- Studying the effects of selection of the level of aggregation -- Introduction -- Long-Term Vision of the Scheldt Estuary -- Analysis of the selected level of aggregation -- Summarising the effects of the selected level of aggregation -- Concluding remarks -- Water Shortage Study: modelling -- Analysis of the selected level of aggregation -- Thought experiment -- Summarising the effects of the selected level of aggregation -- Concluding remarks -- Water Shortage Study: presentation of the results -- Analysis of the selected level of aggregation -- Summarising the effects of the selected level of aggregation -- Concluding remarks -- Cross-case comparison -- Conclusions, recommendations and reflection -- Preview of the chapter -- Role of scale choices in policy analysis processes -- What perspectives on scale choices exist in general? -- What are the specific effects of scale choices? -- What challenges play a role in the making of scale choices? -- Scale choices as a framing instrument: design of framing guidelines -- Ten recommendations for the process of making scale choices -- Reflection on the approach -- Reflection on the actors' roles.

Contribution of the research and suggestions for future research -- Closing remarks -- References -- Appendix 1 Questionnaire quick scan -- Appendix 2 Policy analysts interviewed in the quick scan -- Appendix 3 Actors interviewed in the case studies -- Appendix 4 Question list used as a basis for the interviews -- Appendix 5 Score cards for the spatial boundary setting -- Appendix 6 Score cards for the temporal boundary setting -- Appendix 7 Score cards for the selection of the level of aggregation -- Nederlandse samenvatting -- Curriculum Vitae.

Scale choices influence the content of a study (the problems on the agenda, the options found and the impacts addressed) and the process (actors involved, their dedication and criticalness). This work synthesizes different perspectives on scale choices (spatial boundary setting and temporal boundary setting) in policy analysis.

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