Integrated Governance and Water Basin Management : Conditions for Regime Change and Sustainability /
All over the world countries struggle with water stress. Problems vary from water scarcity and a degrading water quality, to floods and a rising sea level due to climate change. The European Union adopted a Water Framework Directive to improve the sustainability of water management in its member sta...
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| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint : Springer,
2004.
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| Series: | Environment & policy ;
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- List of contributors
- Governance of water resources: Introduction
- Institutional resource regimes and sustainability: Theoretical backgrounds and hypotheses
- Harboring water in a crowded European delta: The IJsselmeer and the Regge in the Netherlands
- Diverging regimes within a recently federalised state: The Vesdre and the Dender in Belgium
- An innovative but uncompleted integration process: The Audomarois and the Svre Nantaise in France
- Redistributing water uses and living with scarcity: The Matarraa and the Mula in Spain
- Competing integration principles in a decentralising state: The Chiese and the Marecchia in Italy
- Rivalry based communities in Europes water tower: The Valmaggia and the Seetal Valley in Switzerland
- Integrated governance and water basin management: Comparative analysis and conclusions.