The legislative framework and policy for the water resources management of transboundary rivers in Europe: The case of Nestos/Mesta River, between Greece and Bulgaria

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 291-301

  Kallioras, Andreas ^a   Pliakas, Fotis ^a   Diamantis, Ioannis ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Nestos Mesta River; Transboundary river management; UN ECE; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BULGARIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; EUROPEAN UNION; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GREECE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RIVER BASIN; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNITED NATIONS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 33645848474     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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