The Wicked Problem the Water Framework Directive Cannot Solve. The Governance Approach in Dealing with Pollution of Nutrients in Surface Water in the Netherlands, Flanders, Lower Saxony, Denmark and Ireland

The Wicked Problem the Water Framework Directive Cannot Solve. The Governance Approach in Dealing with Pollution of Nutrients in Surface Water in the Netherlands, Flanders, Lower Saxony, Denmark and Ireland

The Water Framework Directive (WFD) is typically a framework directive that tries to encourage integration of policies for water quality and agriculture. Nutrients (nitrates, phosphates) from agricultural sources remain a ‘wicked problem’ in realizing the aims of the WFD, partly because the directiv...

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Main Authors: Mark Wiering, Duncan Liefferink, Daan Boezeman, Maria Kaufmann, Ann Crabbé, Nanda Kurstjens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Series:Water
Subjects:
water governance
water framework directive
water quality
diffuse pollution
nutrients
policy integration
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/12/5/1240

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