Constructing a strategic, national resource: European policies and the up-scaling of water services in the Algarve, Portugal

Environmental Management

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-59

  Thiel, Andreas ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Algarve; Europeanization; Hydraulic paradigm; Portugal; Rescaling; Water management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION; ALGARVE , PORTUGAL; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; ILLUSTRATIVE CASE; IRRIGATION AGRICULTURE; LOCAL AUTHORITIES; MEMBER STATE; NATIONAL LEVEL; PORTUGAL; RESCALING; UPSCALING; URBAN AREAS; WATER SERVICE;

COASTAL ZONES; HYDRAULICS; IMAGE QUALITY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PRIVATIZATION;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

FRESH WATER; SURFACE WATER;

COASTAL ZONE; HEGEMONY; HYDRAULICS; PRIVATIZATION; SERVICE PROVISION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SURFACE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING;

AQUIFER; COASTAL WATERS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HYDROLOGY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PORTUGAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SANITATION; TOURISM; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; POLICY; PORTUGAL; STATE GOVERNMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

ALGARVE; PORTUGAL;

EID: 77955559159     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9498-y     Document Type: Review

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