Radical changes are needed for transformations to a good Anthropocene

T McPhearson, C M. Raymond, N Gulsrud… - Npj urban …, 2021 - nature.com
The scale, pace, and intensity of human activity on the planet demands radical departures
from the status quo to remain within planetary boundaries and achieve sustainability. The …

A theory of participation: what makes stakeholder and public engagement in environmental management work?

MS Reed, S Vella, E Challies, J De Vente… - Restoration …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This article differentiates between descriptive and explanatory factors to develop a typology
and a theory of stakeholder and public engagement. The typology describes different types …

[HTML][HTML] The black box of power in polycentric environmental governance

TH Morrison, WN Adger, K Brown, MC Lemos… - Global Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Failure to address unsustainable global change is often attributed to failures in conventional
environmental governance. Polycentric environmental governance—the popular alternative …

[HTML][HTML] Protecting and restoring Europe's waters: An analysis of the future development needs of the Water Framework Directive

L Carvalho, EB Mackay, AC Cardoso… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Water Framework Directive (WFD) is a pioneering piece of legislation that aims
to protect and enhance aquatic ecosystems and promote sustainable water use across …

The Baltic Sea as a time machine for the future coastal ocean

TBH Reusch, J Dierking, HC Andersson… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Coastal global oceans are expected to undergo drastic changes driven by climate change
and increasing anthropogenic pressures in coming decades. Predicting specific future …

[HTML][HTML] The EU Water Framework Directive: From great expectations to problems with implementation

N Voulvoulis, KD Arpon, T Giakoumis - Science of the Total Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC (WFD) is widely accepted as the most
substantial and ambitious piece of European environmental legislation to date. It has been …

Assessing the aquatic toxicity and environmental safety of tracer compounds Rhodamine B and Rhodamine WT

LM Skjolding, KS Dyhr, CJ Köppl, US McKnight… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Tracer tests represent a well-established method for delineating key environmental
processes in various media and engineered systems. Tracers like Rhodamine B and WT are …

Scale-related governance challenges in the water–energy–food nexus: Toward a diagnostic approach

C Pahl-Wostl, P Gorris, N Jager, L Koch, L Lebel… - Sustainability …, 2021 - Springer
The notion of a water–energy–food (WEF) nexus was introduced to encourage a more
holistic perspective on the sustainable development of natural resources. Most attention has …

The transition of EU water policy towards the Water Framework Directive's integrated river basin management paradigm

T Giakoumis, N Voulvoulis - Environmental management, 2018 - Springer
Introduced in 2000 to reform and rationalise water policy and management across the
European Union (EU) Member States (MS), the Water Framework Directive (WFD), the EU's …

[HTML][HTML] The NSERC Canadian Lake Pulse Network: A national assessment of lake health providing science for water management in a changing climate

Y Huot, CA Brown, G Potvin, D Antoniades… - Science of The Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
The distribution and quality of water resources vary dramatically across Canada, and human
impacts such as land-use and climate changes are exacerbating uncertainties in water …