The Political Geography of Environmental Regulation: Implementing the Water Framework Directive in the Douro River Basin, Portugal.
The article discusses the challenges and prospects of implementing the Water Framework Directive (WFD), one of the most comprehensive pieces of environmental legislationpassed by the European Union (EU). The translation of the WFD into policy-making is analysed through a case study – which combined...
| Publicado en: | Scottish Geographical Journal Vol. 128; no. 1; pp. 1 - 24 |
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Mar2012
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