dc.contributor.author | Hovik, Sissel | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-25T13:16:44Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-29T12:37:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-10-25T13:16:44Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-10-29T12:37:45Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-10-22 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Hovik S. Integrated Water Quality Governance and SectoralResponsibility: The EU Water Framework Directive’sImpact on Agricultural Sector Policies in Norway. Water. 2019;11 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 2073-4441 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2073-4441 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10642/7775 | |
dc.description.abstract | In accordance with the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD), Norway has made the river basin the basis for coordination of sectoral policies. New units of River Basin Districts and Sub-Districts have been introduced. In each district, the joint water management plan and program of measures is formulated by cross-sector and multi-level networks. This network structure is added to and clearly subordinated to the primary structure following the sectoral principle and hierarchical steering. Therefore, the WFD objectives of good environmental status of all waters must be integrated into the goal structure and policy priorities of different sector authorities and levels of government. This paper examines whether and, if so, how the activities within the secondary structure of water governance influence the policies and practices of the agricultural sector regarding diffuse water pollution mitigation. The analyses of sector policy documents and water management plans reveal that even though the WFD’s aim of good ecological status of water is integrated into the objectives of the agricultural environmental program, only minor changes have been made in instrument targets and settings. Economic incentives and voluntary measures still dominate. This leads to the conclusion that the corporatist governance mode of the agriculture sector dominates the sector’s choice of policy objectives and instruments. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | The survey and interview data presented in this article was collected as a part of the research project «Water Pollution Abatement in a system of Multi Level Governance. A Study of Norway’s Implementation of EUs Water Framework Directive» (WAPABAT). This project was funded by the Research Council of Norway under Grant number 196407/S30; and The Norwegian Environment Agency (no grant number). | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | MDPI | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Water;Volume 11, Issue 11 | |
dc.rights | This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | en |
dc.rights | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | Water framework directives | en |
dc.subject | Norway | en |
dc.subject | Agriculture | en |
dc.subject | Diffuse pollutions | en |
dc.subject | Policy instruments | en |
dc.subject | Water governance | en |
dc.title | Integrated Water Quality Governance and SectoralResponsibility: The EU Water Framework Directive’sImpact on Agricultural Sector Policies in Norway | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.updated | 2019-10-25T13:16:44Z | |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w11112215 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1740684 | |
dc.source.journal | Water | |