RT Book, Section
T1 Public participation and transparency in water management
A1 De Stefano, Lucia
A1 Hernandez-Mora, Nuria
A1 López-Gunn, Elena
A1 Willaarts, Bárbara A.
A1 Zorrilla-Miras, Pedro
A2 De Stefano, Lucia
A2 Llamas Madurga, Ramón
AB Public participation is considered broadly to have a positive impact on the quality of governance. Transparency is the first step in the public participation ladder since it implies that people have access to the necessary information to make informed contributions to decision-making. This chapter gives an overview of the mainchallenges for the Spanish water sector in terms of public participation in the water planning process of the Water Framework Directive (WFD), and presents results of anassessment of the information transparency of the Spanish water authorities. Although the WFD has contributed to improving the situation, in Spain the tradition of public accessibility to data and public participation in water management decisions is still rather poor. In addition to making all relevant information publicly available, themost compelling challenge is possibly ensuring its reliability and consistency. Another key issue is making the information accessible to different target audiences by adapting it to their level of interest and technical capacity
PB CRC Press
YR 2012
FD 2012-10
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/45776
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/45776
LA eng
DS Docta Complutense
RD 6 may 2024