The Mechanics of Virtue: Lessons on Public Participation from Implementing the Water Framework Directive in the Netherlands

Environmental Policy and Governance

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 177-188

  Van der Heijden, Jeroen ^a,c   Ten Heuvelhof, Ernst ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Interest group representation; Policy making; Public participation; Water policy

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY APPROACH; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WATER PLANNING;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84861863492     PISSN: 1756932X     EISSN: 17569338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.1583     Document Type: Article

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