The challenge of legitimizing spatially differentiated regulation: Experiences from the implementation of the Danish Buffer zone act

Land Use Policy

Volumn 62, Issue , 2017, Pages 202-212

  Thorsøe, Martin Hvarregaard ^a   Graversgaard, Morten ^a   Noe, Egon ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agri environmental measures; Buffer strips; Differentiated regulation; Legitimacy; The Buffer zone act; Water Framework Directive (WFD)

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; BUFFER ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; STAKEHOLDER;

DENMARK;

EID: 85008661003     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.12.030     Document Type: Article

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