From network structure to policy design in water protection: a comparative perspective on micropollutants in the Rhine River riparian countries
In: Springer water
Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Annexes -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Micropollutants in Surface Water-A New Policy Field -- 1.2 Do Policy Networks Matter to Explain Policy Design? -- 1.3 Structure of This Book -- References -- 2 Comparing Policy Designs in Water Protection: Micropollutants Policies in the Rhine River Riparian States -- 2.1 Policy Design -- 2.1.1 What Is Policy Design? -- 2.1.2 Lessons from Previous Research and Moving Toward a New Approach -- 2.1.2.1 First-Generation Policy Design Scholars -- 2.1.2.2 Second-Generation Policy Design Scholars -- 2.1.2.3 Third-Generation Policy Scholars -- 2.1.2.4 Lessons from Previous Research and Moving Toward a New Approach -- 2.1.3 A New Approach to Policy Design: The Policy Comprehensiveness Index -- 2.2 Policy Comprehensiveness Index: Data, Method, Operationalization -- 2.2.1 Data Collection -- 2.2.2 Index Construction and Operationalization of Indicators -- 2.2.2.1 Identification of Relevant Indicators -- 2.2.2.2 Transformation into Uniform Units -- 2.2.2.3 Weighing Indicators -- 2.2.2.4 Generating an Indexed Measure of Utility -- 2.2.2.5 Sensitivity Analysis -- 2.3 Micropollutants Policies Along the Rhine River -- 2.3.1 Micropollutants and Rhine River -- 2.3.2 The EU Policy Framework on Water Protection -- 2.3.3 The Swiss Micropollutants Policy -- 2.3.3.1 Switzerland: The Amendment Process of the Waters Protection Act and Ordinance -- 2.3.3.2 Indexing the Swiss Waters Protection Act and Ordinance -- 2.3.4 The German Micropollutants Policy -- 2.3.4.1 Germany: The Adoption Process of the Surface Water Ordinance -- 2.3.4.2 Indexing the German Surface Water Ordinance -- 2.3.5 The French Micropollutants Policy -- 2.3.5.1 France: The Adoption Process of the 'Plan Micropolluants'