Authors: Alberto RuizVillaverde Miguel A GarcíaRubio
Publish Date: 2016/05/17
Volume: 31, Issue: 8, Pages: 2479-2495
Abstract
Public and stakeholder participation in water management is a crucial element in the EU Water Framework Directive WFD Theoretically the WFD identifies several advantages of public participation such as the better use of knowledge and experiences from different stakeholders increases in public acceptance and reduced litigation delays and inefficiencies in implementation However few studies have gone as deep in practical terms as the existing difficulty to introduce public participation in water management The aim of this study was to cover this issue It aims to conduct a literature review on public participation looking for successful social innovation experiences by the EU member states and also for the main limitations and difficulties of implementation detailing the study of the Spanish case
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