4. Organise decision-making, public participation, knowledge and financing at each step.

Do read the report for more specific recommendations and suggestions, in particular for the first two phases.

We made four core recommendations:
1. Lay down a participatory, step-by-step approach now;
2. Determine through a participatory process which disposal methods the Netherlands wishes to explore and further develop;
3. Divide the decision-making process into five phases; and

Bloomsbury just published Dam Internationalism: Rethinking Power, Expertise and Technology in the Twentieth Century. The volume sheds new light on the globalization of technology and international power struggles in the twentieth century through the perspective dams.

Shameless selfpromotion while I can: www.bloomsbury.com/us/dam-inter... Coming out this summer, so stay tuned.