ABSTRACT
This chapter seeks to provide a better understanding of the way the practices and discourses of organisations in the Dutch water sector affect flood policy in these places. It discusses a ‘policy mobilities’ approach, which directs attention to the ‘actors, practices, and representations that affect the reproduction, adoption and travel of policies, and the best practice models across space and time’. The chapter sets out the theoretical framework employed and discusses how the policy mobilities approach has been developed by combining elements from political science, sociology and geography. It presents a history of Dutch flood policy and discusses the results of seven interviews with experts working in the Dutch water sector. The chapter highlights the implications of three aspects that seem especially interesting: formal institutions, local knowledge and the importance of the Dutch sector itself. Most of the interviewees have extensive experience with flood risk management projects in developing countries.
