Uncertainty management strategies: Lessons from the regional implementation of the Water Framework Directive in the Netherlands

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-75

  Raadgever, G T ^a   Dieperink, C ^b   Driessen, P P J ^b   Smit, A A H ^b   van Rijswick, H F M W ^c  

^a Grontmij NV   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Regional implementation; Uncertainty; Uncertainty management; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIETY; UNCERTAINTY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 78650535316     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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