Landscapes, water policy and the evolution of discourses on hydropower in Spain
Environmental management ; Government policy ; Hydraulic works ; Hydro-electric station ; Landscape ; Regional policy ; Spain ; Stream ; Water energy ; Water management
The paper explores the institutional and social processes through which river and hydropower landscapes have emerged in Spanish water policy. It examines the relation between different types of policies and attitudes towards landscape, energy, water
and decentralization of Spanish politics and water policy and to the increasing prominence of environmental concerns.
Biofuel ; Brazil ; Energy ; Energy policy ; Farmer ; Governance ; Social policy
The article deals with Brazilian biofuel production, biodiesel, social fuel, small farmers and credible politics. The paper discusses about the credibility of biodiesel policy of Brazilian governance, the implementation of the aims with integration
of the farmers and the reform offers for a social biodiesel policy. - (IfL)
Regional observatories of development policy as a tool for monitoring the efficiency of the cohesion policy
. The Regional Development Policy Observatory network could play the role of the supporters of regional authorities in the respective countries. – (BJ)
of organic production. It investigates relevant technical, financial, and policy support available to organic farmers. As an exploratory study, it develops an assessment of Ireland within eight key categories of organic agricultural support.
Agricultural policy ; Austria ; Common policy ; Europe ; European Union ; Investment ; Rural development
The article deals with the European rural development policy, the reform of the collective agrarian policy 2005, the financing and the allocation of the appropriation, the effect assessment as central programme challenge and the assessment
Regional variations in public service outcomes : the impact of policy divergence in England, Scotland and Wales
Comparative study ; Decentralization ; Educational policy ; England ; Health policy ; Local authority ; Public expenditure ; Public sector ; Public service ; Regional policy ; Scotland ; United Kingdom ; Wales
Preserving characteristics of the agricultural landscape through agri-environmental policies : the case of cultivation terraces in Greece
The paper discusses the effectiveness of an agri-environmental policy measure for the reconstruction of cultivation terraces in Greece, with regard to existing practices of farmers. Findings for Lesvos reveal that only part-time and hobby farmers
The seven articles deal with the challenges and general conditions for a policy of territorial cohesion in Europe ; the territorial cohesion as important fact for EU-policy in the service of regional potentials ; European territorial governance
effective EU projects in perspective : consequences for urban and regional development and the topic : after the global economic crisis with the policy implications for the future of the European territory. - (IfL)