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Water Policy in the Netherlands

Author : Stijn Reinhard
Publisher : Earthscan
ISBN 13 : 1936331411
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (363 download)

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Download or read book Water Policy in the Netherlands written by Stijn Reinhard and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2009 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a low-lying delta region with a high population density, the Netherlands has long focused on the prevention of flooding catastrophes and the reclamation of valuable land. The evolution of Dutch water governance, beginning with the creation of local 'water boards' in the Middle Ages and growing into a complex infrastructure of polders, dams, and controlled waterways offers a compelling study of pitfalls and successes within one of the worlds most challenging regions for water management. Water Policy in the Netherlands traces the arc of water governance in the country, from technological innovations to prevent wide-scale flooding, to strategies focused primarily on improving water quality, to an integral water management approach which brings together perspectives from economics, hydrology, ecology, water law, and water technology. The contributions in this book demonstrate how both the technical and social sciences must play key roles in crafting policy in the face of serious environmental challenges including climate change, sea level rise, and increasing soil subsidence. Innovative themes explored in the work include: how economic models and pricing structures might improve efficiency in the distribution of water resources, how the competing uses for water-including for recreation, arable agriculture, fisheries, and natural preservation-create demands on both the quantity and quality of water resources, and how public participation, cogovernance, and the balance of public and private interests will be necessary to meet the goals of the EUs Water Framework Directive. This resource serves as both an invaluable case study and as a text to develop the analytical tool of integral water management for students, policy-makers, and NGO professionals in developed and developing regions.

Water Governance in the Netherlands

Author : Oecd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789264208940
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Water Governance in the Netherlands written by Oecd and published by . This book was released on 2014-03-17 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report assesses the extent to which Dutch water governance is fit for future challenges and sketches an agenda for the reform of water policies in the Netherlands. It builds on a one-year policy dialogue with over 100 Dutch stakeholders, supported by robust analytical work and drawing on international best practice. The Netherlands is a pioneer country in water management. It is widely known for its track record in reclaiming land from the sea, as well as its world-class engineering, strong water industry, and agricultural performance. But are these assets enough to cope with current and future challenges? Or do these challenges call for different organisational settings? It is the purpose of the OECD-Netherlands water policy dialogue to address this question,by applying a lens to the current state of play in Dutch water management and identifying ways in which the governance framework can be adjusted so that it is "fit for the future". This report on the outcomes of the policy dialogue focuses on the close interconnection between water governance and water security, both now and in the future. It outlines an agenda for future water policies in the Netherlands, which can improve the country's capacity to cope with future trends driven by climate change, economic growth, demographic patterns or innovation.

Policy Analysis for the National Water Management of the Netherlands

Author : [Anonymus AC02091754]
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Policy Analysis for the National Water Management of the Netherlands written by [Anonymus AC02091754] and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Networks for Water Policy

Author : Hans Bressers
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040005543
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Networks for Water Policy written by Hans Bressers and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-04-03 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Network models for analysing public policy have become widely used in recent years. This volume, originally published in 1995, assesses the network idea by applying a common perspective on network analysis to the constellations involved in water policy formation and implementation in England and Wales, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, the USA and at the level of the EU. Water policy – addressing basic human needs for the supply of adequate surface and groundwater as well as for the maintenance and improvement of water quality, is an increasingly salient subject. Each case covered in this volume treats the issues of water policy network composition and structure, and determinants of network characteristics, as well as documenting the influence of the networks on policy developments towards more network openness, emulation of business behaviour nd less domination by traditional professional groups such as engineers. Essays by the editors provide a common analytical perspective and offer both explicitly-comparative conclusions and evidence-based assessments of the strengths and limitations of the network perspective.

OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Poland 2015

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264227385
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (642 download)

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Download or read book OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Poland 2015 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-23 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is the third OECD review of Poland’s environmental performance. It evaluates progress towards sustainable development and green growth, with a focus on forestry and biodiversity, as well as waste and materials management.

Adaptive Strategies for Water Heritage

Author : Carola Hein
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030002683
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Adaptive Strategies for Water Heritage written by Carola Hein and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-10-18 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Open Access book, building on research initiated by scholars from the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Global Heritage and Development (CHGD) and ICOMOS Netherlands, presents multidisciplinary research that connects water to heritage. Through twenty-one chapters it explores landscapes, cities, engineering structures and buildings from around the world. It describes how people have actively shaped the course, form and function of water for human settlement and the development of civilizations, establishing socio-economic structures, policies and cultures; a rich world of narratives, laws and practices; and an extensive network of infrastructure, buildings and urban form. The book is organized in five thematic sections that link practices of the past to the design of the present and visions of the future: part I discusses drinking water management; part II addresses water use in agriculture; part III explores water management for land reclamation and defense; part IV examines river and coastal planning; and part V focuses on port cities and waterfront regeneration. Today, the many complex systems of the past are necessarily the basis for new systems that both preserve the past and manage water today: policy makers and designers can work together to recognize and build on the traditional knowledge and skills that old structure embody. This book argues that there is a need for a common agenda and an integrated policy that addresses the preservation, transformation and adaptive reuse of historic water-related structures. Throughout, it imagines how such efforts will help us develop sustainable futures for cities, landscapes and bodies of water.

The Evolution of National Water Regimes in Europe

Author : Stefan Kuks
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402024843
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of National Water Regimes in Europe written by Stefan Kuks and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-05 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All over the world countries struggle with water stress. Problems vary from water scarcity and a degrading water quality, to floods and a rising sea level due to climate change. The European Union adopted a Water Framework Directive to improve the sustainability of water management in its member states. Water management should be coordinated at the level of river basins as a whole. Interests of various user groups should be better represented. River basin visions should take into account the impact of all human activities on the status of the resource. Water legislation needs streamlining and more focus on its implementation. The European Union advocates regulating water prices by charging the costs of water services on the basis of full cost recovery and the polluter pays principle. This book examines the development of water management in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy and Switzerland. It is based on the European research project EUWARENESS. The authors apply a theoretical framework for the analysis of institutional regimes, water governance and property rights. The evolution of national water resource regimes is described over a period of almost 200 years (1800-2000). The long-term perspective enables the reader to see the conditions under which regime transformation and paradigm change are made possible. The book also includes a critical analysis of policy making by the European Union, and a comparative review and analysis of regime development in the six countries involved. This book is followed by another volume published with Kluwer Academic Publishers on "Integrated Governance and Water Basin Management", edited by Hans Bressers and Stefan Kuks.

Water Law and Policy Governance Without Frontiers

Author : Dr Elli Louka
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199705887
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book Water Law and Policy Governance Without Frontiers written by Dr Elli Louka and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-09-24 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water Law and Policy examines water management in Europe, and the difficulties and policy dilemmas involved in creating integrated water management institutions. This is the only overall assessment of the development and evolution of European Water Law and Policy. The book is unique in that it concentrates on institutional development, norms and guiding principles, implementation strategies, and public participation mechanisms at the local level, EU level, and globally. Water is one of the most mismanaged natural resources. Failed water management policies and fragmented water management institutions can have catastrophic results, including both flooding and water scarcity. Dr. Elli Louka's book provides insights that can guide water development policies across national borders. It is a must-read for policymakers, water managers, and students who need to understand national and transnational water management.

Battle over the rivers. Two hundred years of river policy in the Netherlands

Author : Alex van Heezik
Publisher : van heezik beleidsresearch
ISBN 13 : 9081327518
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (813 download)

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Download or read book Battle over the rivers. Two hundred years of river policy in the Netherlands written by Alex van Heezik and published by van heezik beleidsresearch. This book was released on 2008 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Study on Economic and Policy Instruments for Water Management

Author : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Environment Directorate
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Study on Economic and Policy Instruments for Water Management written by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Environment Directorate and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Water Policy Entrepreneurs

Author : Sander Meijerink
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849803366
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (498 download)

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Download or read book Water Policy Entrepreneurs written by Sander Meijerink and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unsurpassed in the scope of its coverage, this book explores like no other the roles of policy entrepreneurs and the causes of policy change across diverse political systems ranging from the developing world to the largest western democracies. The studies show how entrepreneurs work with outside donors, take advantage of windows of political opportunity, create those windows, and push the policy process in the direction they hope. They also show the limits to these strategies, and strategies that tend to fail. The book dramatically advances our understanding not only of change and stability in water policy, but of the policy process more generally. Frank R. Baumgartner, University of North Carolina, US This book is a theoretically and empirically grounded analysis of one of the world s most pressing problems: the management of water resources. The editors have assembled a remarkable collection of authors with a truly global outlook and an excellent grasp of contemporary water issues as well as modern theories of public policy and decision-making. The volume also demonstrates excellent applications of policy theory to current and pressing matters. It is a must-read for students and practitioners in water resources and will be influential to water policy and in environmental resource management and policy for years to come. Thomas A. Birkland, North Carolina State University, US This volume is a major achievement. It advances our knowledge of stability and change in water policy through case studies from around the world. Its focus on transitions instances of really major shifts in policy is particularly welcome at a time when challenges such as climate change force water policy makers to reconsider the very foundations of their regulatory frameworks and infrastructural policies. The volume goes beyond water policy, however. It makes a major contribution to the study of policy dynamics in general by offering an empirically grounded comparative analysis of policy entrepreneurs as change agents in policy networks. There has been much loose talk about policy entrepreneurs in the fields of public administration and public policy, but a dearth of empirical work underpinning the various claims made. This volume goes a long way towards filling that gap. Highly recommended for water experts and policy scientists alike. Paul t Hart, Australian National University, Australia and Utrecht University, the Netherlands This major volume focuses on the role of policy entrepreneurs in revolutionizing water management worldwide. Adopting an international comparative perspective, the authors explore the changes taking place in water policy across fifteen countries, at both the global level and within the European Union. Their analysis highlights the importance of groups and individuals in stimulating progress and reveals the crucial part played by policy entrepreneurs. Successful entrepreneurs use various strategies to initiate and implement change, including the framing and reframing of issues, the assembly of coalitions, venue shopping and the exploitation of windows of opportunity. In showcasing the role of entrepreneurs in achieving transitions and explaining their approach, this groundbreaking book presents an optimistic message for those who desire improvements in the way water is managed. This book will not only make a unique contribution to the current literature on transition management, but will also prove an invaluable tool for those keen to influence water policy management at the regional, national and international level. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of water resources and environmental management and governance, as well as practitioners in the fields of water and climate policy.

European and Dutch Water Law

Author : H. F. M. W. van Rijswick
Publisher : UWA Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9789089521071
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book European and Dutch Water Law written by H. F. M. W. van Rijswick and published by UWA Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Netherlands has a long history in water management, both regarding governance and management.

Water Legislation in the Netherlands

Author : P. Huisman
Publisher : Delft University Press
ISBN 13 : 9789040724633
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (246 download)

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Download or read book Water Legislation in the Netherlands written by P. Huisman and published by Delft University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a brief introduction to the development of Dutch institutional structures and water management legislation from the 12th century. Current water legislation is summarised in the thematic chapters, beginning with the constitutional context. Subsequent chapters outline the structure and procedures of water management organisations, and detail the regulations in place for the management of water and water related infrastructure at all governing levels. Particular attention is paid to those regulations that harmonise physical planning, the environment and conservation management with relevant water issues. Finally, two chapters are devoted to the way that regulations at the provincial, regional and local levels interact to realise the national goal of integrated water management.

Information Needs for Water Management

Author : Jos G. Timmerman
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1466594748
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (665 download)

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Download or read book Information Needs for Water Management written by Jos G. Timmerman and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the necessary elements to determine exactly what information should be collected to make the collected information relevant for policy makers. It highlights the dissatisfaction of information users about the information they get and the reasons for this dissatisfaction. It also discusses general issues around the role and use of information in policy making. The text then describes the how to develop a full understanding of the policy makers’ information needs and will describe how policy makers can be included in the process. Finally, the book describes how the results from this process are input for the information production process.

Drinking Water Supply and Agricultural Pollution

Author : G.J. Schrama
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401151067
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Drinking Water Supply and Agricultural Pollution written by G.J. Schrama and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-02-02 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agricultural pollution (with nitrates and pesticides) is one of the biggest threats to drinking water resources. At many places regional and local water authorities, together with the water supply industry, are involved in preventive action aimed at farming practices. Three national case studies (Germany, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom) analyse these efforts within the context of problematical national agricultural policy and the need to implement EU directives on water quality. Additional case studies cover the role of the European Union, while the same problem in a different setting is analysed for the United States. The central question of how national and European governments can reinforce the control capacity of the actors at the regional and local level, is treated from the theoretical perspective of the policy network approach.

The Scarcity of Water, Emerging Legal and Policy Responses

Author : Edward Brans
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
ISBN 13 : 904110657X
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book The Scarcity of Water, Emerging Legal and Policy Responses written by Edward Brans and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 1997-05-14 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The threat of water scarcity touches human populations and ecosystems worldwide. This work overviews the various legal responses to conflicts involving water as a resource. It addresses the continuous development of water law in the face of new water shortage scares. The distinguished team of contributors analyses the nature of the problem, international water law, legal and policy responses to water scarcity in selected regions, and the emergence of a new body of economic water law. Contributing experts in the field of water law and policy reveal the diverse and dynamic development of water law and the interaction between the legal and policy responses at the international, regional, and national levels. A result of the conference `Scarcity of Water, International, European and National Legal Aspects' held at the Faculty of Law of the Erasmus University, Rotterdam in October 1995, this book also contains a selection of papers presented at the conference.

Use of Economic Instruments in Water Policy

Author : Manuel Lago
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319182870
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book Use of Economic Instruments in Water Policy written by Manuel Lago and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-09-21 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book assesses both the effectiveness and efficiency of implemented Economic Policy Instruments (EPIs) in order to achieve water policy goals and identifies the preconditions under which they outperform alternative (e.g. regulatory) policy instruments and/or can complement them as part of complex policy mixes. The development of a consolidated assessment framework helps clarify (and where possible, quantify) the effectiveness of each EPI on the basis of different criteria. Outcome-oriented criteria describe how the EPIs perform. They include intended and unintended economic and environmental outcomes and the distribution of benefits and costs among the affected parties. These steps consider the application of cost effectiveness and cost benefits analysis, e.g. to assess ex-post performance of the EPI. Process criteria describe the institutional conditions (legislative, political, cultural, etc.) affecting the formation and operation of the EPI studied (particularly relevant for assessing the possible impacts of using economic instruments), the transaction costs involved in implementing and enforcing the instruments and the process of implementation. Case studies from Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom, as well as from Australia, Chile, Israel and the USA are presented in this book. A wide variety of EPIs are also covered, including water-pricing schemes (tariffs, environmental taxes, environmental charges or fees, subsidies on products and practices), trading schemes (tradable permits for abstraction and pollution) and cooperation mechanisms.