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Governance of Water-Related Conflicts in Agriculture

New Directions in Agri-Environmental and Water Policies in the EU

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Editors:
  1. Floor Brouwer

    1. Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI), The Hague, The Netherlands

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  2. Ingo Heinz

    1. Institute of Environmental Research (INFU), University of Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

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  3. Thomas Zabel

    1. Water Research Centre, Swindon, UK

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Part of the book series: Environment & Policy (ENPO, volume 37)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Governance and Water-related Agri-environmental Policy

    1. Introduction

      • Floor Brouwer, Ingo Heinz, Thomas Zabel
      Pages 1-5

    2. The Concept of Resource Users’ Self-governance

      • Jan Willem van der Schans
      Pages 7-21

  3. Co-operative Agreements in the European Union

    1. Occurrence of Co-operative Agreements

      • Floor Brouwer
      Pages 23-43

    2. Achievements of Co-operative Agreements

      • Kevin Andrews, Thomas Zabel
      Pages 45-65

    3. Co-operative Agreements versus other Instruments

      • Ingo Heinz
      Pages 67-84

  4. Co-operative Agreements: Assessment at National Level

    1. Germany: Searching for Strategies to provide pure Water

      • Ingo Heinz
      Pages 85-107

    2. France: Improved Farming Practices in Water Catchment Areas

      • Emmanuel Soyeux
      Pages 109-132

    3. The Netherlands: From Compensation to Legal Constraints

      • Katrin Oltmer, Floor Brouwer
      Pages 133-150

    4. United Kingdom: Financial and Cultural Constraints

      • Kevin Andrews
      Pages 151-166

  5. Co-operative Agreements in the Broader Policy Framework

    1. Instruments that promote Co-operative Agreements

      • Ingo Heinz
      Pages 167-180

    2. Water utility — farmer Co-operation in the US

      • Stephen Gasteyer
      Pages 181-205

    3. Co-operative Agreements in the Context of EU Policy

      • Floor Brouwer, Thomas Zabel
      Pages 207-215

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 217-225
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About this book

This book deals with voluntary approaches between farmers and water suppliers as an instrument to meet environmental standards, impacted by agricultural activities, more economically efficient and environmentally effective than by exclusive application of alternative instruments including command-and-control approaches. The book is based largely on the results of the research project 'Co-operative Agreements in Agriculture as an Instrument to Improve the Economic Efficiency and Economic Effectiveness of the European Water Policy', which was supplemented for specific issues by key experts. The research was partly funded by the European Commission under the Specific RTD Programme in the Field of Environment and Climate (Contract No. ENV4-CT98-0782) and partly by the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries in the Netherlands, the Environment Agency in England and Wales, the UK Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and the Government of the German Bundesland North Rhine­ Westphalia. Additional funds for preparing the book were obtained from the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries in the Netherlands. The financial and technical support received from the different organisations is gratefully acknowledged. The editors appreciate very much the efforts the authors have made in preparing their contributions for the book and for the secretarial assistance provided by Mrs. Tessa van Dongen from LEI who took responsibility for guiding the publication process and preparing the chapters of the book. We also appreciate the support given by Mrs. Henny Hoogervorst and Mrs. Gloria Verhey (Kluwer Academic Publishers).

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"CAs are voluntary agreements negotiated between farmers and water suppliers … . This is a very empirical and concrete book, providing very useful documentation of the European experience with CAs since the 1990s. … For those working on water and environment issues in other parts of the world, notably the developing world, this book provides interesting insight into how the process of the internalisation of environmental concerns into national, regional and local water policy and practice is happening in Europe." (Peter P. Mollinga, Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture, Vol. 45 (4), 2006)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI), The Hague, The Netherlands

    Floor Brouwer

  • Institute of Environmental Research (INFU), University of Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

    Ingo Heinz

  • Water Research Centre, Swindon, UK

    Thomas Zabel

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Governance of Water-Related Conflicts in Agriculture

  • Book Subtitle: New Directions in Agri-Environmental and Water Policies in the EU

  • Editors: Floor Brouwer, Ingo Heinz, Thomas Zabel

  • Series Title: Environment & Policy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0101-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-1553-3Published: 30 November 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6397-7Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-0101-3Published: 14 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1383-5130

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0110

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 222

  • Topics: Terrestrial Pollution, Environmental Management, Agricultural Economics, Environmental Economics

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