Print Email Facebook Twitter The evolution of regional cross-border water regimes, the case of Deltarhine Title The evolution of regional cross-border water regimes, the case of Deltarhine Author Renner, T. (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen) Meijerink, S (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen) van der Zaag, P. (TU Delft Water Resources; IHE Delft Institute for Water Education) Date 2017-09-01 Abstract In this study, we look at the evolution of a cooperative water regime in the delta of the Rhine catchment. In a Dutch–German case study, we focus on cross-border cooperation on the local and regional scale, describing and analyzing how a remarkably resilient and robust transboundary water regime has evolved over the course of 50 years. Context-, interest- and knowledge-based explanations contribute important insights into the evolution of the Deltarhine regime, and it is shown that the legal, institutional and socio-economic context shapes and constrains regional cross-border cooperation. Surprisingly in this regard, we find that European water directives have not yet played a decisive, catalyzing role for policy harmonization across borders. Finally, we show that key individuals play a crucial role in regime formation and development. We suggest that the presence of entrepreneurs and leaders adds explanatory power to current conceptual frameworks in international river basin management, thus meriting further research. Subject cross-border cooperationregime changetransboundary river basinswater policy implementation To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f9512897-39e2-4939-bfd3-e188c9d62e96 DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2017.1371005 Embargo date 2018-10-07 ISSN 0964-0568 Source Journal of Environmental Planning and Management (online), 61 (2018) (10), 1701-1721 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2017 T. Renner, S Meijerink, P. van der Zaag Files PDF Evolution_Water_Regimes_2 ... mitted.pdf 1013.57 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:f9512897-39e2-4939-bfd3-e188c9d62e96/datastream/OBJ/view