Operationalising active involvement in the EU Water Framework Directive: Why, when and how?

Ecological Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2268-2274

  Wright, Stuart A L ^a   Fritsch, Oliver ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active involvement; Cost benefit analysis; Cost effectiveness analysis; Public participation; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

BASIN MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; GUIDELINE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RIVER BASIN;

DENMARK;

EID: 80053314971     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.07.023     Document Type: Article

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