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5. Governance of the Sponge City Programme in China with Wuhan as a case study

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Dai, Liping, van Rijswick, Helena F. M. W., Driessen, Peter P. J., Keessen, Andrea M., Sub Omgevingsrecht, Environmental Governance, Faculteit Geowetenschappen, Parel Water en duurzaamheid / UCWOSL, Sub Omgevingsrecht, Environmental Governance, Faculteit Geowetenschappen, and Parel Water en duurzaamheid / UCWOSL

Subjects
urban flooding, Governance, China, National government, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Flood myth, business.industry, Corporate governance, Environmental resource management, Climate change, adaptation, 010501 environmental sciences, Development, Sponge City Programme, 01 natural sciences, climate change, Business, Adaptation (computer science), 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Water Science and Technology
Abstract

In 2015, China?s national government initiated a Sponge City Programme to address its urban flood issues. A sponge city is a city built around the concept of managing water in an ecologically sustainable way. The intention is to improve urban resilience through rainwater capture, storage and use. This article applies a four-mode governance framework to analyze the programme. It identifies the strengths and weaknesses of the programme implementation and provides recommendations.

Published
2018

6. Natura 2000 and the Regulation of Agricultural Ammonia Emissions.

Author

Anker, Helle Tegner, Backes, Chris W., Baaner, Lasse, Keessen, Andrea M., and Möckel, Stefan

Subjects
AMMONIA analysis, AMMONIA, COURT rules, GOVERNMENT regulation, LIVESTOCK, COMPARATIVE studies
Abstract

This article provides a comparative analysis of the regulation of ammonia emissions, primarily from livestock installations, in Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands. It discusses the challenges of regulating agricultural ammonia emissions in view of the rulings of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on Art. 6(3) of the Habitats Directive. It is argued that the need to ensure certainty concerning the absence of significant effects on Natura 2000 sites is challenged by the uncertainties regarding both the state of individual habitat types and the potential impact of individual projects. A more integrated or programmatic approach may provide an alternative approach to individual assessments, but it is necessary to ensure that additional loads from new or enlarged livestock installations are permitted in areas with high ammonia loads only where it is certain that a programmatic approach will ensure that there are no harmful effects. This might be an almost impossible task. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2019
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7. Adaptation to Climate Change in European Water Law and Policy

Author

Keessen, Andrea M. and Rijswick, H.F.M.W. van

Subjects
Rechtsgeleerdheid, water law and policy, adaptiveness, effectiveness, EU, resilience, adaptation to climate change
Abstract

Climate change exacerbates the challenges that water management nowadays has to deal with. This highlights the need for a legal framework that promotes adaptation by addressing the ecological value of water and the risks of flooding and drought. This paper analyzes to what extent the European legal framework meets this need. This is evaluated by analyzing to what extent the Water Framework Directive, the Floods Directive and the Water Scarcity and Drought Strategy build resilience. Resilience is an important concept in the adaptation to climate change discourse. It refers to the capacity of a social-ecological system to absorb disturbance and reorganize while undergoing change so as to still retain essentially the same function, structure, identity and feedbacks. This paper uses five criteria to measure this: (1) the flexibility of rules and (2) the adaptiveness of such rules (3) openness, public participation and access to the courts (4) multilevel governance at the bioregional scale and (5) effectiveness. The European legal framework partly meets these criteria. It offers a river basin approach and both the setting of goals and objectives and their achievement is a multilevel, cyclical process, which includes public participation. However, the achievement of the goals is not easily enforceable and coordination within international river basins is legally weak. This detracts from the expected effectiveness of the EU legal framework in promoting adaptation by protecting the aquatic ecosystem and reducing flood and drought risks.

Published
2012

8. Tackling pollution of the Mediterranean Sea from land-based sources by an integrated ecosystem approach and the use of the combined international and European legal regimes.

Author

Hildering, Antoinette, Keessen, Andrea M., and van Rijswick, Helena F. M. W.

Subjects
*INTERNATIONAL environmental law, *ENVIRONMENTAL policy, *ENVIRONMENTAL regulations, *WATER pollution, *WATER conservation, *ENVIRONMENTAL protection, *INTERNATIONAL obligations, *MARITIME law, UNITED Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982)
Abstract

The article discusses the development of international law which focuses on addressing land-based pollution in the Mediterranean Sea. It provides an overview of these laws both at the international and European levels, including United Nations (UN) Watercourses Convention and UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, Barcelona Convention and Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). The author asserts that international and European environmental laws should be associated with each and cooperation among courts must be considered to effectively understand their responsibilities in governing the laws.

Published
2009
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