The politics of multi-scalar action in river basin management: Implementing the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD)

Land Use Policy

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 38-47

  Hüesker, Frank ^a   Moss, Timothy ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON SOCIETY AND SPACE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Politics of scale; River basin management; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; RIVER BASIN; RIVER MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER; WATER PLANNING; BASIN MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POWER RELATIONS;

GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA; WUPPER RIVER;

EID: 84904910901     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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