Ecological ambitions and complications in the regional implementation of the Water Framework Directive in the Netherlands

Water Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 160-173

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

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Grontmij NV   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Ecology; EU Water Framework Directive; Governance; Implementation; Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857537310     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2011.223     Document Type: Article

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