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The Impact of the Water Framework Directive on Catchment‐ Management Planning in the British Isles (Abridged)
Author(s) -
Williams K.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2001.tb00313.x
Subject(s) - water framework directive , directive , drainage basin , agency (philosophy) , european union , parliament , environmental planning , environmental resource management , river management , structural basin , water resource management , environmental protection , environmental science , geography , business , water quality , political science , computer science , geology , law , cartography , ecology , politics , paleontology , philosophy , epistemology , economic policy , biology , programming language
The water framework Directive is proposed as a mechanism for applying river‐basin management across the European Union. Proposals for River‐Basin Management Plans might have an impact on the present system of Local Environment Agency Plans and on schemes which are used in the British Isles to provide river management on a catchment basis. For this study, representatives from the Environment Agency, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency and European Parliament advisors were interviewed. In addition, Local Environment Agency Plans were assessed for compatibility with the requirements of River‐Basin Management Plans.