Governance Conditions for Improving Quality Drinking Water Resources: the Need for Enhancing Connectivity

Water Resources Management

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 1245-1260

  Wuijts, Susanne ^a,b   Driessen, Peter P J ^b   Van Rijswick, Helena F M W ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conditions of water governance; Cross scale connectivity; Drinking water resources; Science policy interactions; Water Framework Directive; Water quality objectives

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; POTABLE WATER; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK PERCEPTION; WATER; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CROSS-SCALE CONNECTIVITY; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; EUROPEAN WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE; SCIENCE POLICIES; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; WATER GOVERNANCE; WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS; WATER QUALITY ISSUES;

WATER RESOURCES;

CONNECTIVITY; DRINKING WATER; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 85036535849     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: 15731650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-017-1867-3     Document Type: Article

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