Table 1. Pilot projects compared and contrasted with laboratory experiments and routine water management projects
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Project Descriptors
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Characteristics
of
Laboratory Experiments |
Characteristics
of
Pilot Projects |
Characteristics
of
Routine Water Management Projects |
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| Relationship to
policy and local context |
Connection to policy |
In policy periphery |
Either close to policy core
or in periphery |
In line with and following policies |
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| Local contextual
dependency |
Controlled contextual
factors |
High; interaction
with local context |
Moderate |
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| Incidence of occurrence |
In series or single event |
In series or single event |
In series or single event |
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| Scale |
Limitedness (space, time,
problem scope) |
Confined |
Confined in at least one dimension
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Full scale |
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| Reversibility |
n.a. |
Reversible only to biophysical
reference situation |
Permanent |
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| Innovation |
Type of innovation |
Technological |
Technological, Conceptual, Process |
n.a. |
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| Driver of innovation |
Supply driven |
Demand or Supply driven |
n.a. |
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| Level of innovation |
High level |
Variable level |
Low level |
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