01164pab a2200145 454500008004000000100001900040245006000059260000900119300001500128362000800143520076200151650003100913700002200944773005200966180718b2014   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aEshuis, Jasper  aInnovations in water governance: The importance of time  c2014  ap.401-420.  aJun  aTime is often considered to be an inert background against which governance processes evolve. Instead, this article approaches time as a factor that influences the development of innovation process in water governance. Drawing on two Dutch cases, we analyse perceptions of time and the management of time. Public managers manage time by trying to fix deadlines, by synchronizing different timelines or by imposing their time horizon on the process. Different actors' timeframes may interfere with one another, and this may hinder governance process. The analysis of time helps to explain the dynamics of governance processes, and this article shows that the alignment of timeframes is a crucial activity in realizing innovations in governance. - Reproduced.  aWater resources management  aBuuren, Arwin van  aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences