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Public Participation in European Water Management: from Theory to Practice

verfasst von: Alberto Ruiz-Villaverde, Miguel A. García-Rubio

Erschienen in: Water Resources Management | Ausgabe 8/2017

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Public and stakeholder participation in water management is a crucial element in the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD). Theoretically, the WFD identifies several advantages of public participation, such as the better use of knowledge and experiences from different stakeholders, increases in public acceptance and reduced litigation, delays, and inefficiencies in implementation. However, few studies have gone as deep, in practical terms, as the existing difficulty to introduce public participation in water management. The aim of this study was to cover this issue. It aims to conduct a literature review on public participation looking for successful social innovation experiences by the EU member states and also for the main limitations and difficulties of implementation detailing the study of the Spanish case.

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Titel: Public Participation in European Water Management: from Theory to Practice
verfasst von: Alberto Ruiz-Villaverde
Miguel A. García-Rubio
Publikationsdatum: 17.05.2016
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Water Resources Management / Ausgabe 8/2017
Print ISSN: 0920-4741
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-1650
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-016-1355-1

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