Democratic legitimacy in the implementation of the water framework directive in the Netherlands: Towards participatory and deliberative norms?

J Behagel, E Turnhout - Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The European Union (EU) increasingly shapes environmental policy in its member states.
By including public participation requirements in environmental directives, the European …

Ecological ambitions and complications in the regional implementation of the Water Framework Directive in the Netherlands

C Dieperink, GT Raadgever, PPJ Driessen… - Water …, 2012 - iwaponline.com
The Water Framework Directive has introduced a new governance approach that offers
implementing agencies in EU Member States policy discretion to implement ecological …

The mechanics of virtue: Lessons on public participation from implementing the Water Framework Directive in the Netherlands

J Van der Heijden… - Environmental Policy and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Public participation is often presented as a virtue (a normative good), but the strategy comes
with its own mechanical flaws. Policy debates and the literature have for a long time been …

Contrasting stories on overcoming governance challenges: The implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive in the Netherlands

J Van der Heijden, E ten Heuvelhof… - Local …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The European Union Water Framework Directive (WFD) has provided the European
Member States with a range of interacting governance challenges. This article studies three …

Managing participation: Prospects for learning and legitimacy-creation in Swedish water management

S Matti, C Lundmark, K Ek - Water Policy, 2017 - iwaponline.com
The article evaluates whether the participatory arrangements in Swedish water management
following from the European Union's Water Framework Directive (WFD) contribute to …

The promise of new modes of environmental governance

K Bäckstrand, J Khan, A Kronsell… - … politics and deliberative …, 2010 - elgaronline.com
In August 2008 the European Commission invited European Union (EU) citizens and
stakeholders from industry, trade unions, consumer organizations, environmental NGOs and …

More effective natural resource management through participatory governance? Taking stock of the conceptual and empirical literature–and moving forward

J Newig - Environmental governance, 2012 - elgaronline.com
Environmental and natural resource governance in modern democracies increasingly relies
on the participation of non-state actors such as citizens and organized interest groups. 1 …

Water framework directive implementation in Greece: introducing participation in water governance–the case of the Evrotas River Basin management plan

L Demetropoulou, N Nikolaidis… - Environmental Policy …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Accepting the positive results that public participation can bring in the implementation of the
Water Framework Directive (WFD), this paper seeks to contribute to ongoing discussions on …

Democratic legitimacy of new forms of water management in the Netherlands

A Van Buuren, EH Klijn, J Edelenbos - International Journal of …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Due to changes in the Dutch flood management paradigm, governance practices have been
shifting from technocratic and state-oriented towards more collaborative governance …

Decisions at Street Level: Assessing and explaining the implementation of the European water framework directive in Sweden

M Sevä, A Sandström - Environmental Policy and Governance, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This study addresses the role of street‐level bureaucrats in water management and
examines what factors influence the implementation of the programme of measures that are …