Rescaling of resource governance as institutional change: Explaining the transformation of water governance in southern Spain

Environmental Policy and Governance

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 289-306

  Thiel, Andreas ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

European Union; Institutional change; Scale; Spain; Water Framework Directive; Water governance

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; POLICY MAKING; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

ANDALUCIA; GUADALQUIVIR BASIN; SPAIN;

EID: 84906942132     PISSN: 1756932X     EISSN: 17569338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.1644     Document Type: Article

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