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Water law & policy : governance without frontiers / Elli Louka.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Louka, Elli.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Water resources development--Law and legislation--European Union countries.
- Water resources development.
- Water-supply--European Union countries--Management.
- Water-supply.
- Water-supply--Law and legislation--European Union countries.
- International rivers--European Union countries.
- International rivers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (463 p.)
- Other Title:
- Water law and policy
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'Water Law and Policy' examines water management in Europe and the difficulties involved in creating integrated water management institutions. The book concentrates on institutional development, norms and guiding principles, implementation strategies, and public participation mechanisms at the local, EU and global levels.
- Contents:
- Water governance
- Principles of water management
- The making of the European Union
- Water management in the European Union
- Implementing water management
- Coordination policies and politics
- Designing effective organizations
- Centralization/decentralization dilemmas
- How to predict success in water management
- Models of water policy
- Case studies : Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Netherlands, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece
- Information as the foundation of the democratic state
- The participation of the public : towards effective rules in water management?
- Public participation and strengthening of the democratic state
- Public paticipation in practice
- Instruments for transboundary water management
- Nineteen countries-one river : trade-offs in the management of the Danube River
- Institutional congestion in the management of Rhine River
- Tepid institutional development in Southeast Europe
- Participation of stakeholders in international water commissions
- International water authorities and the role of secretariats
- Sketches from national and transnational experience
- Towards a future water policy.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-987184-1
- 1-282-73084-3
- 9786612730849
- 0-19-970588-7
- OCLC:
- 402662406
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