The Strengths and Weaknesses of Deliberation on River Basin Management Planning: Analysing the water framework directive implementation in Catalonia (Spain)

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Parés ◽  
Quim Brugué ◽  
Josep Espluga ◽  
Júlia Miralles ◽  
Alba Ballester
Keyword(s):  
Water Framework Directive ◽  
River Basin ◽  
River Basin Management ◽  
Basin Management ◽  
Management Planning

Integrating climate change mitigation into river basin management planning for the Water Framework Directive – A Danish case

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 141-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bjarke Stoltze Kaspersen ◽  
Torsten Vammen Jacobsen ◽  
Michael Brian Butts ◽  
Eva Boegh ◽  
Henrik Gioertz Müller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Framework Directive ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
River Basin Management ◽  
Basin Management ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Change Mitigation

scholarly journals Law and Politics in River Basin Management: The Implementation of the Water Framework Directive in The Netherlands

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 3367
Author(s):  
Erik Mostert
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Water Framework Directive ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
River Basin Management ◽  
Political Support ◽  
Basin Management ◽  
Binding Effect ◽  
Law And Politics ◽  
Environmental Objectives

This article discusses the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) in the Netherlands and shows how law and politics combine in river basin management. Initially, the implementation of the WFD in the Netherlands was approached as a technical and administrative issue, handled by water quality and ecology experts, but, in 2003, this approach was broken open by the agricultural sector, who feared stricter regulation. Subsequently, the environmental objectives of the WFD were set as low as possible and they play no role when authorising new projects. In July 2015, however, the European Court of Justice determined that the environmental objectives have a binding effect and that Member States have to refuse authorisation of projects that jeopardise the achievement of these objectives. This example shows the important role that law as a social phenomenon or “field” can play in river basin management, provided the courts enjoy sufficient social and political support and function relatively independently, as they do in the Netherlands. The article discusses the origin of the juridical field and its relation with politics and concludes that, to understand river basin management fully, it is essential to understand how (water) law functions.

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