TY - GEN
T1 - Stakeholder Acceptance of Large-Scale Floating Developments
T2 - 3rd World Conference on Floating Solutions, WCFS 2023
AU - de Graaf-van Dinther, Rutger
AU - van den Brink, Margo
AU - Horlings, Ina
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The potential of floating structures to provide climate-resilient living space has recently been acknowledged by the United Nations and the IPCC. The technical feasibility of small-scale floating structures has already been demonstrated in many projects all over the world. These projects support different functions such as housing, recreation, and energy production. What is lacking to apply this technology at a larger scale is the required integrated governance, technical, social, and ecological insights for upscaling, in order to address societal challenges such as land scarcity and climate impacts. These insights are needed to move from “proof-of-concept” to “proof-of-scale”. Although the technical challenges of upscaling floating structures have already received attention in the international research community, and some research results have been published about the ecological impacts recently, the social aspects and stakeholder acceptance of large-scale floating developments are still considered a knowledge gap. This article therefore explores the social conditions that would enable the stakeholder acceptance of large-scale floating developments. By a scientific literature review, we investigate which insights and lessons can be derived that influence stakeholder acceptance of large-scale floating developments. Theoretical frameworks and concepts that are studied include the following: resilience, transformation, receptivity theories on social value and governance. Additionally, we will draw lessons from realized projects in the Netherlands and discussions of the Thinktank “Governance of Floating Cities”. While the investigated projects still have a relatively small scale, we expect that some of the success factors are also relevant for the upscaling of floating structures internationally. Finally, based on the results, we will draw up recommendations for future research on this topic.
AB - The potential of floating structures to provide climate-resilient living space has recently been acknowledged by the United Nations and the IPCC. The technical feasibility of small-scale floating structures has already been demonstrated in many projects all over the world. These projects support different functions such as housing, recreation, and energy production. What is lacking to apply this technology at a larger scale is the required integrated governance, technical, social, and ecological insights for upscaling, in order to address societal challenges such as land scarcity and climate impacts. These insights are needed to move from “proof-of-concept” to “proof-of-scale”. Although the technical challenges of upscaling floating structures have already received attention in the international research community, and some research results have been published about the ecological impacts recently, the social aspects and stakeholder acceptance of large-scale floating developments are still considered a knowledge gap. This article therefore explores the social conditions that would enable the stakeholder acceptance of large-scale floating developments. By a scientific literature review, we investigate which insights and lessons can be derived that influence stakeholder acceptance of large-scale floating developments. Theoretical frameworks and concepts that are studied include the following: resilience, transformation, receptivity theories on social value and governance. Additionally, we will draw lessons from realized projects in the Netherlands and discussions of the Thinktank “Governance of Floating Cities”. While the investigated projects still have a relatively small scale, we expect that some of the success factors are also relevant for the upscaling of floating structures internationally. Finally, based on the results, we will draw up recommendations for future research on this topic.
KW - Floating structures
KW - Governance
KW - Social acceptance
KW - Social values
KW - Stakeholders
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85200271521&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-97-0495-8_32
DO - 10.1007/978-981-97-0495-8_32
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85200271521
SN - 978-981-97-0494-1
SN - 978-981-97-0497-2
T3 - Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
SP - 545
EP - 563
BT - Proceedings of the 3rd World Conference on Floating Solutions - WCFS 2023
A2 - Ikoma, Tomoki
A2 - Tabeta, Shigeru
A2 - Lim, Soon Heng
A2 - Wang, Chien Ming
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Y2 - 28 August 2023 through 30 August 2023
ER -