Governance of Water-Related Conflicts in Agriculture: New Directions in Agri-Environmental and Water Policies in the Eu (Hardcover, 2003)

Contributors. List of Abbreviations. Preface. Part I: Governance and Water-related Agri-environmental Policy. 1. Introduction. Floor Brouwer, Ingo Heinz & Thomas Zabel. 2. The concept of resource users' self-governance. Jan Willem van der Schans. Part II: Co-operative Agreements in the European Union. 3. Occurrence of co-operative agreements. Floor Brouwer. 4. Achievements of co-operative agreements. Kevin Andrews & Thomas Zabel. 5. Co-operative agreements versus other instruments. Ingo Heinz. Part III: Co-operative Agreements: Assessment at National Level. 6. Germany: Searching for strategies to provide pure water. Ingo Heinz. 7. France: Improved farming practices in water catchment areas. Emmanuel Soyeux. 8. The Netherlands: from compensation to legal constraints. Katrin Oltmer & Floor Brouwer. 9. United Kingdom: Financial and cultural constraints. Kevin Andrews. Part IV: Co-opertive agreements in the Broader Policy Framework. 10. Instruments that promote co-operative agreements. Ingo Heinz. 11. Water utility- farmer co-operation in the US. Stephen Gasteyer. 12. Co-operative agreements in the context of EU Policy. Floor Brouwer and Thomas Zabel. Index.