Overview
- Provides the first comprehensive hydropolitical assessment of the European Union
- Enables identification of critical risks to water cooperation among EU member states
- Offers structural analysis of the interaction among EU, UN, basin-level and bilateral water governance
Part of the book series: Water Governance - Concepts, Methods, and Practice (WGCMP)
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This book provides the first comprehensive assessment of the various issues faced by countries in the European Union, where progressing climate change and urbanization pose significant cooperative challenges in a large number of river basins. Conducting a thorough analysis of the intricate web of EU water governance, it reveals that the hydropolitical stability of the European Union is already at risk. Further, given the structural nature of the shortcomings in EU water policy—e.g. the rigidity of the EU’s founding treaties or the institutional complacency of the European Commission—the book argues that these risks are likely to turn into sources of prolonged conflict, unless EU decision-making bodies take steps to address the new hydrological realities early on.
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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General Questions of Transboundary Water Governance
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Transboundary Water Governance in the European Union: An Overview
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The Resilience of Transboundary Water Governance in the European Union: A Critical Assessment
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Conclusions and Recommendations
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Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: European Water Law and Hydropolitics
Book Subtitle: An Inquiry into the Resilience of Transboundary Water Governance in the European Union
Authors: Gábor Baranyai
Series Title: Water Governance - Concepts, Methods, and Practice
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22541-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-22540-7Published: 27 June 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-22543-8Published: 09 July 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-22541-4Published: 14 June 2019
Series ISSN: 2365-4961
Series E-ISSN: 2365-497X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 186
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: International Environmental Law, European Law, Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice, Environmental Politics, Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution