Beyond limits and efficiency, what? Assessing developments in EU water policy

International Journal of Water

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-145

  Kallis, Giorgos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Directives; Efficiency; EU water policy; Institutional and ecological economics; Limits; Participation; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; STANDARDS; WATER;

DICHOTOMY; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; INDERSCIENCE ENTERPRISES LTD (CO); WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE;

PUBLIC POLICY;

PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 22744459204     PISSN: 14656620     EISSN: 17415322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJW.2005.007282     Document Type: Article

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