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Shifting Troubles: Decision‐Making versus Implementation in Participatory Watershed Governance
Author(s) -
Roggero Matteo
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
environmental policy and governance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.987
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1756-9338
pISSN - 1756-932X
DOI - 10.1002/eet.1603
Subject(s) - water framework directive , corporate governance , directive , citizen journalism , watershed , process (computing) , management science , process management , qualitative research , policy making , participatory planning , business , environmental resource management , environmental planning , sociology , political science , public administration , economics , computer science , ecology , social science , finance , geography , machine learning , water quality , biology , programming language , operating system , law
We explore the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive from the point of view of institutional economics, focusing on participation in the introduction of management plans. The design of participatory processes is linked with decision‐making and implementation costs through an analytical model. The model is subsequently applied to qualitative evidence from four different empirical cases. The analysis reveals similarities between widely heterogeneous cases: process design choices seem generally to economize on decision‐making costs. The paper discusses the implications of these findings for policy implementation and future research. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.