Louka, Elli <br/><br/>
Water law & policy :  governance without frontiers / 
 Water law and policy 
Elli Louka 
 - Oxford :  Oxford University Press,  c2008 
 - xv, 446 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>Water governance -- Principles of water management  -- The making of the European Union -- Water management in the European Union -- Implementing water management -- Coordination policies and politics -- Designing effective organizations -- Centralization/decentralization dilemmas -- How to predict success in water management -- Models of water policy -- Case studies : Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Netherlands, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece -- Information as the foundation of the democratic state -- The participation of the public : towards effective rules in water management? -- Public participation and strengthening of the democratic state -- Public paticipation in practice -- Instruments for transboundary water management -- Nineteen countries-one river : trade-offs in the management of the Danube River -- Institutional congestion in the management of Rhine River -- Tepid institutional development in Southeast Europe -- Participation of stakeholders in international water commissions -- International water authorities and the role of secretariats -- Sketches from national and transnational experience -- Towards a future water policy 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780195374131 (alk. paper)  RM292.91 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Water resources development--Law and legislation--European Union countries<br/>Water-supply--Management--European Union countries<br/>Water-supply--Law and legislation--European Union countries<br/>International rivers--European Union countries