Towards a rights-based approach in EU international river basin governance? Lessons from the Scheldt and Ems Basins |
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Authors: | Herman Kasper Gilissen Maarten Kleinhans Marleen van Rijswick Karianne van der Werf |
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Affiliation: | 1. Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law, Department of Law, Utrecht University, Netherlands;2. Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, Netherlands |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACTThis article finds that the introduction of a rights-based approach in EU transboundary river basin management to remedy observed systemic difficulties and to better achieve legal water quality standards could be a next step in achieving integrated river basin management. However, its effectiveness largely depends on the willingness of member states to share river basin districts to subordinate their separate socio-economic interests to ecological needs, as well as to grant a clear mandate and partly transfer responsibilities and powers to a competent supranational authority. |
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Keywords: | Rights-based approach international river basin district custodianship Scheldt Ems Netherlands Belgium Germany |
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