Water law and policy
Subtitle: governance without frontiers
By: Elli Louka.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 446
ISBN-13: 9780195374131
Subjects: Water resources development -- Law and legislation -- European Union countries; Water-supply -- European Union countries -- Management; Water-supply -- Law and legislation -- European Union countries; International rivers -- European Union countries
Description: 'Water Law and Policy' examines water management in Europe and the difficulties involved in creating integrated water management institutions. The book concentrates on institutional development, norms and guiding principles, implementation strategies, and public participation mechanisms at the local, EU and global levels.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Water governance; title: Principles of water management; title: The making of the European Union; title: Water management in the European Union; title: Implementing water management; title: Coordination policies and politics; title: Designing effective organizations; title: Centralization/decentralization dilemmas; title: How to predict success in water management; title: Models of water policy; title: Case studies   Czech Republic; title: Information as the foundation of the democratic state; title: Towards effective rules in water management?; title: Public participation and strengthening of the democratic state; title: Case studies; title: Instruments for transboundary water management; title: Nineteen countries-one river : trade-offs in the management of the Danube River; title: Institutional congestion in the management of Rhine River; title: Institution-building in the Scheldt and Meuse Rivers; title: The future of the Elbe River Regime; title: Tepid institutional development in Southeast Europe; title: Participation of stakeholders in international water commissions; title: International water authorities and the role of secretariats; title: Sketches from national and transnational experience; title: Towards a future water policy.