The marathon of the hare and the tortoise : implementing the EU Water Framework Directive

dc.contributor.authorBourblanc, Magalie
dc.contributor.authorCrabbe, Ann
dc.contributor.authorLiefferink, Duncan
dc.contributor.authorWiering, Mark
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-07T06:19:28Z
dc.date.available2016-11-07T06:19:28Z
dc.date.issued2013-12
dc.description.abstractReading the available evidence on the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD), one gets the impression that some countries anticipate implementation problems by starting off pragmatically and with relatively low ambitions, while others make a quick and ambitious start and tend to slow down in later phases of the process. Inspired by Lundqvist’s classical study of air pollution policy in the USA and Sweden, we assess the importance of some general characteristics of the respective political-institutional systems to explain differences in WFD implementation in four EU countries: Denmark, France, England/ Wales and the Netherlands. We conclude, among other things, that visibility of the policy process, accountability of politicians and policy makers vis-a`-vis their stakeholders and the EU, division of responsibilities for policy formulation vs. implementation and the involvement of the public explain the level of ambition in EU implementation to a considerable extent. Thus, the Lundqvist variables turn out to be useful for both classifying and explaining differences in EU implementation processes.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentAgricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Developmenten_ZA
dc.description.librarianhb2016en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cjep20en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMagalie Bourblanc , Ann Crabbé , Duncan Liefferink & Mark Wiering (2013) The marathon of the hare and the tortoise: implementing the EU Water Framework Directive, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 56:10, 1449-1467, DOI:10.1080/09640568.2012.726197.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0964-0568 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1360-0559 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/09640568.2012.726197
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/57672
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen_ZA
dc.rights© 2013 University of Newcastle upon Tyne. This is an electronic version of an article published in Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, vol. 56, no. 10, pp. 1449-1467, 2013. doi: 10.1080/09640568.2012.726197. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.comloi/cjep20.en_ZA
dc.subjectPolicy implementationen_ZA
dc.subjectEU environmental policyen_ZA
dc.subjectDiscretionen_ZA
dc.subjectWater Framework Directive (WFD)en_ZA
dc.subjectEuropean Union (EU)en_ZA
dc.titleThe marathon of the hare and the tortoise : implementing the EU Water Framework Directiveen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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