The diffusion and ‘’translation’’ of heat stress knowledge into policy by Dutch municipalities
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2019-04-11
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This thesis discusses how knowledge about heat stress is diffused and translated into policy by Dutch municipalities. A survey held among all municipalities showed that the limited extent of knowledge about heat stress can be considered as a decisive factor for the lack of heat stress policy. Interviews made further clear that different processes, frames and beliefs influence the (local) rationales for knowledge gathering and policy development. The executed climate stress tests take the dependency on local specific circumstances in the first contact with heat stress away, but this dependency on local specific circumstances is still there when it comes to actual policy development. The belief that heat stress is a problem that has to be dealt with in an integral approach is not present in most of the municipalities. The framing of heat stress as an urban problem by the media, policy makers, science and consultancy firms is an important reason for the fact that local heat stress knowledge and policy development is considered lower in the non-urban municipalities. The processes, frames and beliefs have led to a low sense of urgency in non-urban municipalities, only a small group of front-runner municipalities consider their knowledge and policy as sufficient.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen