These databases inform the wide-ranging water-related research undertaken by the TREADS Initiative on areas such as water conflicts and cooperation, water and federalism, river rejuvenation, river-centric urban planning etc.
The objective of the repository is to have a chronological and holistic view of legislations starting from the post-World War II period in 1950 to the European Union as it is today. Second, we focused on the Rhine experience and the historical, institutional, political, and legislative instruments starting from the year 1804 that made the Rhine story an exemplary case of river rejuvenation. Third, we show how the 11 Rhine Basin states transformed and transposed their existing domestic water legislations and river management institutions to implement the EU-wide Water Framework Directive. Fourth, we briefly unpack the provisions of the EU WFD, and lastly, we show the evolution of India’s own river rejuvenation journey, with a particular focus on the Ganges to highlight the contrasting experiences in India.
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