The effects of the introduction of the European Digital Single Market of mobile roaming in the Netherlands: the impact over the social values

The European Union (EU) has been regulating roaming since 1997, and has developed different policies aiming to promote transparency in prices and improve competitiveness across the members. With both positive and negative outcomes, the European Commission (EC) had a long learning process where different regulatory measures were introduced and...

Delivering change: Towards fit-for-purpose governance of adaptation to flooding and drought

This book addresses pressing challenges of policy makers, planners and project managers in the water sector to successfully implement adaptation action. It draws on case studies about water sensitive urban design (WSUD) in Australia and the Room for the River flood protection programme in the Netherlands. The book explains a procedure for...

eParticipation in Dutch Municipalities: A measurement tool for the online participation of citizens

As the field of eParticipation is in the experimentation phase with a wide range of experiments and projects occurring, these efforts need to be converged and analyzed in order to provide a more complete evaluation of the current status of eParticipation within municipalities. Specifically, an overview is needed of the direction municipal...

Estrogens and xeno-estrogens in the aquatic environment of the Netherlands: Occurence, Potency and Biological Effects

The ‘National investigation into the occurrence and effects of estrogenic compounds in the aquatic environment’ (Dutch acronym, LOES), is a base-line study that provides a picture of the occurrence of a number of natural and synthetic estrogens in the aquatic environment as well as a view of the associated estrogenic effects in fish in surface...

The Allocation of Tasks and Competencies in Dutch Water Management: Discussions, developments and present state

This report discusses subsidiarity in Dutch water management and forms the Dutch contribution to the Water 21 Phase II report on subsidiarity. Rather than discussing the Dutch interpretations of the concept (the concept is used almost exclusively in relation to the European Union), this report discusses the substantive issue to which ...

Commissions for Environmental Impact Assessment: Their contribution to the effectiveness of Environmental Impact Assessment