The role of institutional and legal constraints on river water quality monitoring in Ukraine

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4745-4756

  Hagemann, Nina ^a   Klauer, Bernd ^a   Moynihan, Ruby M ^a,c   Leidel, Marco ^b   Scheifhacken, Nicole ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological water quality; Monitoring; River basin management; Ukraine; Water law

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; RIVERS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

INTERNATIONAL WATERS; MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORKS; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT; RIVER WATER QUALITY; TRANSBOUNDARY WATER; UKRAINE; WATER LAWS;

MONITORING;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; LEGAL SYSTEM; RIVER WATER; TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION; WATER PLANNING; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

UKRAINE;

EID: 84912138785     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3307-5     Document Type: Article

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