This paper proposes that transboundary water governance needs to become an essential input to sustainable governance of … the factors behind successful practices. Successful transboundary governance of water and nature requires the reduction of … associated transaction costs. Firstly, water diplomacy through joint research, data collection and monitoring, capacity building …

The European Union’s Water Framework Directive advocates, among other things, River Basin Management and is often … governance in the EU. A framework is developed for analysing the reconfiguration of water governance in Germany, relying on the … requirements, ideologically influencing changes in the preferences of water managers, facilitated by changes in use patterns. In …

This paper explores the potential of "boundary work" perspectives for enhancing current approaches in water resources … currently leading approaches for water and natural resources management, i.e. Integrated Water Resources Management, Adaptive … Management, and the Ecosystem Approach. Given the political dimension of water resources management, questions of governance are …