Abstract
From being mainly a matter of concern for wastewater engineers, surface water quality has turned into a heavy issue in the political sphere. Despite broad similarities, water quality policies and management differ in many respects in Poland, Sweden and the Netherlands. In this report we analyse and compare the patterns of national policy formulation and implementation in a policy cycle framework. We follow the issue of water pollution over a period of three decades by analysing the dynamics of environment policy development. A description is made of surface water quality control in the three countries. The initial overview over the main stated problems and priorities in each country settles the conceptual background to actual water quality policies. Some considerations about the use of water and soil resources in each country are added regarding the type of the intensity of human water utilisation in relation to water quality deterioration. Comparations between the countries are made based on the case studies and on additional literature. This study does not include a detailed examination of the legislative and the administrative aspects of the policy process. Rather, the focus is on the identification of a few basic national characteristics. We also address policy implementation,
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Loewgren, M, and Hjorth, R.
Environmental policies in Poland, Sweden and the Netherlands. A comparative study of surface water pollution control.
Sweden: N. p.,
1994.
Web.
Loewgren, M, & Hjorth, R.
Environmental policies in Poland, Sweden and the Netherlands. A comparative study of surface water pollution control.
Sweden.
Loewgren, M, and Hjorth, R.
1994.
"Environmental policies in Poland, Sweden and the Netherlands. A comparative study of surface water pollution control."
Sweden.
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abstractNote = {From being mainly a matter of concern for wastewater engineers, surface water quality has turned into a heavy issue in the political sphere. Despite broad similarities, water quality policies and management differ in many respects in Poland, Sweden and the Netherlands. In this report we analyse and compare the patterns of national policy formulation and implementation in a policy cycle framework. We follow the issue of water pollution over a period of three decades by analysing the dynamics of environment policy development. A description is made of surface water quality control in the three countries. The initial overview over the main stated problems and priorities in each country settles the conceptual background to actual water quality policies. Some considerations about the use of water and soil resources in each country are added regarding the type of the intensity of human water utilisation in relation to water quality deterioration. Comparations between the countries are made based on the case studies and on additional literature. This study does not include a detailed examination of the legislative and the administrative aspects of the policy process. Rather, the focus is on the identification of a few basic national characteristics. We also address policy implementation, that is, the extent to which policies are carried out after a decision was made. An analysis of the policy process, where the temporal dimension is explicitly recognised, is made, and the international aspects of water quality control are discussed. The focus of the analysis lies on the impacts of international conventions and organisations upon national environmental policies, and on the way in which international commitments are integrated in domestic practices}
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title = {Environmental policies in Poland, Sweden and the Netherlands. A comparative study of surface water pollution control}
author = {Loewgren, M, and Hjorth, R}
abstractNote = {From being mainly a matter of concern for wastewater engineers, surface water quality has turned into a heavy issue in the political sphere. Despite broad similarities, water quality policies and management differ in many respects in Poland, Sweden and the Netherlands. In this report we analyse and compare the patterns of national policy formulation and implementation in a policy cycle framework. We follow the issue of water pollution over a period of three decades by analysing the dynamics of environment policy development. A description is made of surface water quality control in the three countries. The initial overview over the main stated problems and priorities in each country settles the conceptual background to actual water quality policies. Some considerations about the use of water and soil resources in each country are added regarding the type of the intensity of human water utilisation in relation to water quality deterioration. Comparations between the countries are made based on the case studies and on additional literature. This study does not include a detailed examination of the legislative and the administrative aspects of the policy process. Rather, the focus is on the identification of a few basic national characteristics. We also address policy implementation, that is, the extent to which policies are carried out after a decision was made. An analysis of the policy process, where the temporal dimension is explicitly recognised, is made, and the international aspects of water quality control are discussed. The focus of the analysis lies on the impacts of international conventions and organisations upon national environmental policies, and on the way in which international commitments are integrated in domestic practices}
place = {Sweden}
year = {1994}
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