Integrating the implementation of the European Union Water Framework Directive and Floods Directive in Ireland

Earle, John R.; Blacklocke, Sean; Bruen, Michael; Almeida, G.; Keating, Daniel J.

doi:10.2166/wst.2011.669

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“…The coordination of legislation, authorities and other actors in the complex institutional system that arises from the implementation of the FD and its sister directive (the WFD) is clearly both vital yet challenging in terms of the need to establish a well-functioning system for flood risk management. This is also reported from other studies and member states ( Jupner & Muller, 2010;Earle et al, 2011;Thorsteinsson & Larsson, 2012;Hedelin, 2015;van Eerd et al, 2015). While the FD implementation in Sweden is coherent with existing national formal roles and mandates, a basic understanding of these formal roles and mandates was not shared within the new multi-level administrative arrangement, specifically at the CAB level (Hedelin, 2015).…”

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confidence: 87%

“…Many of the studies examining the implementation of the FD across Europe focus on the issues of integration and participation. Case studies from Ireland, Germany and Sweden show that integration with respect to legislation, policy fields and actors remains both vital and highly complex (Jupner & Muller, 2010;Earle et al, 2011;Thorsteinsson & Larsson, 2012;Hedelin, 2015;van Eerd et al, 2015). The common theme that emerges from these studies is that coordination and collaboration between concerned actors, pieces of legislation and policies is key to successful implementation.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The EU Floods Directive trickling down: tracing the ideas of integrated and participatory flood risk management in Sweden

Hedelin

2016

Water Policy

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This study examines how the EU Floods Directive – an extensive and innovative legislative instrument for integrated and participatory flood risk planning in all EU member states – influences local flood risk management in one member state, Sweden. The study identifies that: many municipalities have received new knowledge; cross-sectoral organisational structures for water and flood risk issues at the local level are being formed or strengthened; and the flood risk issue has been elevated up the political agenda. There are also however clear signs that a number of other fundamental issues are not being adequately addressed in the complex institutional setting that results from the directive's implementation. These issues are undoubtedly obstructing the development of a more integrated and participatory flood risk management system. Of key importance here are questions relating to how roles and mandates are communicated and adopted, the lack of coordination between the Floods Directive and the Water Framework Directive, and the inadequate involvement of the municipal level and other stakeholders. Practical recommendations on how to redirect development towards more positive outcomes in these areas are thus formulated.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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The EU Floods Directive trickling down: tracing the ideas of integrated and participatory flood risk management in Sweden

Hedelin

2016

Water Policy

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“…The case of Sweden outlined here supports previous studies on the implementation of the EU FD which show that issues of coordination, integration and participation are critical, and that the level of complexity surrounding these issues can easily be underestimated (Thorsteinsson et al ., ; Jupner and Muller, ; Unnerstall, ; Earle et al ., ). This study has generated the following keynote advices, which, if they are implemented, provide good opportunities for more integrated and participatory flood risk planning:…”

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confidence: 97%

“…The studies examining the implementation of the FD at this early stage concentrate primarily on issues of integration, coordination and participation. Case studies from Ireland, Germany and Sweden show that integration and coordination with respect to legislation, policy fields and authorities, and other actors remain both vital and highly complex tasks (Thorsteinsson et al, 2007;Jupner and Muller, 2010;Earle et al, 2011). A comparative study of Germany, Austria, England and Wales shows that most of the member states have low ambitions in relation to the 'active involvement' requirement of the FD (Unnerstall, 2010).…”

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The EU floods directive in Sweden: opportunities for integrated and participatory flood risk planning

Hedelin

2015

J Flood Risk Management

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This study analyses the implementation of the EU Floods Directive in Sweden. The question here centres on the possibilities promoted by the directive for sustainable flood risk management, with an emphasis on integrated and participatory management forms. Key persons are interviewed, using a set of criteria for sustainable river basin management as a theoretical framework. The study shows that work in this area is guided by a wide array of values, and that the involved experts provide a broad knowledge basis for this work. The need for better coordination between authorities, pieces of legislation and policy fields however remains critical while the merits of participatory planning approaches are not yet sufficiently utilised. One of the primary tasks here is to develop a shared understanding of the formal context and roles of the process while also developing forms for effective collaboration both within the new administration and between the administration and other key actors, most importantly the municipalities. The case of Sweden can provide useful insights into this process for other member states.

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“…Newig et al (2014) compare the role of public participation in the two directives, based on legal reasoning and text analysis, and present first findings of empirical research on participatory flood management in Germany. Earle et al (2011), finally, argues that the two directives aim to manage the same water bodies with "competing policy objectives put upon them" (p2045) which is likely to result in negative policy outcomes.…”

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Integrated and adaptive water resources management: exploring public participation in the UK

Fritsch

2016

Reg Environ Change

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Contemporary water management practices worldwide are informed by two leading paradigms: integrated water resources management and adaptive management. While previous scholarship has already studied the two paradigms, as well as their central principles, in isolation, there are few attempts only to theorise their interaction and to explore empirically their parallel implementation and co-existence. This article contributes to this emerging literature. Its ambition is to review and complement current frameworks conceptualising the impact of integrated water resources management on adaptive capacity. To this end, the article analyses the involvement of non-state actors in United Kingdom water and flood risk management, specifically in England and Wales. This is an exciting case to study: for many decades, environmental management in England and Wales had a reputation for being a technocratic exercise. In the past 15 years, however, environmental authorities undertook major efforts to lay the foundations for enhanced collaboration and stakeholder participation, amongst others encouraged by two European Union initiatives reflecting integrated and adaptive management principles: the Water Framework Directive and the Floods Directive. The empirical evidence suggests a spurious link only between the two paradigms. This contradicts conventional wisdom which, so I argue, tends to oversimplify a complex relationship. I introduce three theory-informed arguments -relating to conceptual diversity, path dependency, and the nature of the dependent variable -to address these shortcomings and to contribute to theory building.

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Integrating the implementation of the European Union Water Framework Directive and Floods Directive in Ireland

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The EU Floods Directive trickling down: tracing the ideas of integrated and participatory flood risk management in Sweden

The EU Floods Directive trickling down: tracing the ideas of integrated and participatory flood risk management in Sweden

The EU floods directive in Sweden: opportunities for integrated and participatory flood risk planning

Integrated and adaptive water resources management: exploring public participation in the UK

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