European Union Water Policy: Key Issues and Challenges

Artikel

Water resources are among the most valuable resources of the natural environment. The sustainable and integrated management of these resources is the basis of European water policy. Pursuant to the Water Framework Directive, all waters in the European Union should achieve a state considered at least good by the year 2015. Just how this objective can be met continues to be a topic of discussions in some of the Member States. There exist serious problems and delays in performing and implementing the provisions of the Directive in most EU countries. What is more, the state of the water economy in several countries, including Poland, has been criticized by the European Commission. Many challenges stand before European water policy. They require solutions on a global and local level. This article presents current key problems and planned directions for EU water policy development, subjected to analysis and assessment. Note is taken on the newest initiative of the European Commission in the area of water policy, especially the plan for protecting Europe's water resources-the Blueprint to Safeguard Europe's Water Resources.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Weitere Titel: Polityka wodna Unii Europejskiej: kluczowe problemy i wyzwania
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal: Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe ; ISSN: 2082-6737 ; Volume: 15 ; Year: 2012 ; Issue: 3 ; Pages: 123-141 ; Łódź: Łódź University Press

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Lipińska, Danuta
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Łódź University Press
• (wo): Łódź
• (wann): 2012

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.2478/v10103-012-0020-z
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/259112
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ