Publications
Key publications in English of our researchers in the field of water law, environmental law and climate change law.
More recent publications can be found at the profile pages of our researchers.
Find a full list of publications on our Dutch pages.
, Herman Kasper Gilissen, Cathy Suykens, Maarten Kleinhans, Marleen van Rijswick & Karianne van der Werf, August 2019. Also read the online supplement.
City-zen report on Energy policy and legal context and on financing and ownership, Eva Winters, Frits Otte, february 2019, funded by the European Union鈥檚 Seventh Programme for research, technological development and demonstration.
City-zen report on the vulnerable citizen, Eva Winters, Frits Otte, february 2019, the rights and roles of the (vulnerable) consumer in City-zen projects. A desk study.
Dai, Liping (2018)
Oude Elferink, A.G., Busch, S. & Henriksen, Tore (2018). . Cambridge: Cambridge UP.
Reynolds, Jesse L. 2018 鈥淭he Politics and Governance of Negative Emissions Technologies,鈥 1 Global Sustainability article e12, 3 pp. (opening editorial for an edited special collection)
Horton, Joshua B. , Jesse L. Reynolds, Holly Jean Buck, Daniel Callies, Stefan Sch盲fer, David W. Keith, and Steve Rayner. 2018 鈥淪olar Geoengineering and Democracy,鈥 18 Global Environmental Politics 5-24
Reynolds, Jesse L., Jorge L. Contreras, and Joshua D. Sarnoff. 2018 鈥淚ntellectual Property Policies for Solar Geoengineering,鈥 9 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change article e512, 6 pp.
Spijkers, Otto, , December 2018
Dai, Liping, van Rijswick, Helena F. M. W., Driessen, Peter P. J. & Keessen, Andrea M. (2018). . International Journal of Water Resources Development, 34 (4), (pp. 578-596) (19 p.).
Keessen, Andrea (2018). . Marine Policy, 98 (dec), (pp. 295-300) (5 p.).
, Yulia Levashova, June 2018, Utrecht Law Review, Vol. 14, No. 2, p. 40-55, 2018
Van Hees, S.R.W. (2018). European Energy and Environmental Law Review, 27 (1), (pp. 15-36).
Peter de Smedt, Legal Instruments in Spatial Planning to Ban Building in Flood Zones: From Water Test to Planological Protection via 鈥淲ater Sensitive Open-air Areas鈥 , Journal for European Environmental & Planning Law 14, (2017) 346-360
Susanne Wuijts, Peter P. J. Driessen & Helena F. M. W. Van Rijswick (2017), Towards More Effective Water Quality Governance, Sustainability 10, MDPI
Susanne Wuijts, Peter P. J. Driessen & Helena F. M. W. Van Rijswick (2017), Governance Conditions for Improving Quality Drinking Water Resources: the Need for Enhancing Connectivity, Water Resources Management
Van Hees, S.R.W. (2017). . Journal for European Environmental and Planning Law, 14 (3-4), (pp. 315-345).
E.J. Molenaar, 鈥淭he Arctic, the Arctic Council, and the Law of the Sea鈥 in R. Beckman, T. Henriksen, K. Dalaker Kraabel, E.J. Molenaar and J.A. Roach (eds) Governance of Arctic Shipping. Balancing Rights and Interests of Arctic States and User States (Brill/Nijhoff: 2017), pp. 24-67
R. Beckman, T. Henriksen, K. Kraabel, E.J. Molenaar and J.A. Roach, Governance of Arctic Shipping. Balancing Rights and Interests of Arctic States and User States (Brill/Nijhoff: 2017)
Van Rijswick, H.F.M.W., Dai, L., Driessen, P.P.J. & Keessen, A.M. (2017). . International Journal of Water Resources Development, (pp. 1-19) (19 p.).
Spijkers, O. (2017). .
In Dutch: Spijkers, O. (2017). . Ars aequi, (pp. 1016-1023).
In Dutch: Keessen, A.M. (2017). Mest als grondstof en als afvalstof. In Chris Backes, John Tieman & Natasja Teesing (Eds.), Met recht naar een circulaire economie (pp. 95-113) (18 p.). Den Haag: Boom Juridisch. You can read it in pdf.
In Dutch: Van Hees, S.R.W. (18-11-2016). - Casus Buiksloterham. In Bram Bet & Monique de Ritter (Eds.), Circulaire Economie: Wat? Waarom? Hoe? Perspectieven van jonge wetenschappers (pp. 108-128) (20 p.). Den Haag: Instituut SMO.
Keessen, A.M., Vink, Martinus J., Wiering, Mark, Boezeman, Daan, Ernst, W.W.P., Mees, H.L.P., Van Broekhoven, Saskia & Van Eerd, Marjolein (2016). . Ecology and Society, 21 (4) (14 p.).
Open access
Spijkers, O. (26.04.2016). The Cross-fertilization between the Sustainable Development Goals and International Water Law. (pdf) Review of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law, 25 (1), (pp. 39-49) (11 p.)
E.J. Molenaar, 鈥淚nternational Regulation of Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries鈥 in M.H. Nordquist, J.N. Moore and R. Long (eds) Challenges of the Changing Arctic. Continental Shelf, Navigation, and Fisheries (Brill/Nijhoff: 2016), pp. 429-463
E.J. Molenaar, 鈥淣ew Maritime Zones and the Law of the Sea鈥, in H. Ringbom (ed.) Jurisdiction over Ships - Post-UNCLOS Developments in the Law of the Sea (Brill/Nijhoff: 2015), pp. 249-277
M. Chantal Ribiero and E.J. Molenaar (eds), Maritime Safety and Environmental Protection in Europe. Multiple Layers in Regulation and Compliance (Gr谩fica Ediliber: 2015; available at )
C. Ryngaert, E.J. Molenaar and S.M.H. Nouwen (eds), What鈥檚 Wrong with International Law? Liber Amicorum A.H.A. Soons (Brill/Nijhoff: 2015)
Wiering, M, Green, C, van Rijswick, M, Priest, S & Keessen, A 2015, 'The rationales of resilience in English and Dutch flood risk policies', Journal of Water and Climate Change, vol 2015 06, no. 1, pp. 38-54.
Runhaar, HAC, Uittenbroek, CJ, van Rijswick, HFMW, Mees, HLP, Driessen, PPJ & Gilissen, HK 2015, 'Prepared for climate change? A method for the ex-ante assessment of formal responsibilities for climate adaptation in specific sectors', Regional Environmental Change, vol 15, no. 7.
Van Buuren, A., A. M. Keessen, C. Van Leeuwen, J. Eshuis, and G. J. Ellen. 2015. Implementation arrangements for climate adaptation in the Netherlands: characteristics and underlying mechanisms of adaptive governance. Ecology and Society 20(4):11.
Gilissen, Herman Kasper, The Integration of the Adaptation Approach into EU and Dutch Legislation on Flood Risk Management. Journal of Water Law, Vol. 24, No. 3/4, 2015, p. 157-165.
van Rijswick, H.F.M.W.; Backes, Ch.W., Ground breaking landmark case on environmental quality standards? The consequences of the CJEU 鈥榃eser-judgment鈥 (C-461/13) for water policy and law and quality standards in EU environmental law. In: Journal for European Environmental and Planning law, Vol. 12, No. 3-4, 2015, p. 363-377.
D.R. Rothwell, A.G. Oude Elferink, T. Stephens en K.N. Scott, Oxford Handbook of the Law of the Sea (, 2015)
Special Issue Journal of Water Law: (3/4 & 5/6) 201
'Achieving sustainable and adaptive fresh water management: Selective studies of international, European, Dutch and Chinese water law', Journal of Water Law, vol 24, no. 3/4
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- van Rijswick, Marleen; Wouters, Patricia, Introduction: Achieving sustainable and adaptive fresh water management: Selective studies of international, European, Dutch and Chinese water law.In: Journal of Water Law, Vol. 24, No. 3/4, 2015, p. 85-91.
- Buijze, Anoeska, Promoting Sustainable Water Management in Area Development: A Regulatory Approach. In: Journal of Water Law, Vol. 24, No. 1, 04.2015, p. 166-173.
- L. Dai, Regulating water pollution in China and the European Union in terms of agricultural pollution. Journal of Water Law, Vol. 24, No. 3/4, 2015, p. 150-155
- Gilissen, Herman Kasper, The Integration of the Adaptation Approach into EU and Dutch Legislation on Flood Risk Management. In: Journal of Water Law, Vol. 24, No. 3/4, 2015, p. 157-165.
- Nehmelman, R., Institutional and governance aspects of water management: subsidiarity and decentralisation : the Dutch approach . / In: Journal of Water Law, Vol. 24, No. 3/4, 2015, p. 134-140.
- Spijkers, O., The Sustainable Development Goals as Catalyst for the Sustainable Management of Water Resources, In: Journal of Water Law, Vol. 24, 2015, p. 115-125.
- van Rijswick, Marleen, Mechanisms for water allocation and water rights in Europe and the Netherlands : lessons from a general public law perspective. In: Journal of Water Law, Vol. 24, No. 3/4, 2015, p. 141-149.
Water Law crossing borders - new approaches in classic water law issues across Europe, China and Beyond, Journal of Water Law, vol 24, no. 5/6
- van Rijswick, H.F.M.W.; Wouters, Patricia, Water Law crossing borders - new approaches in classic water law issues across Europe, China and Beyond. In: Journal of Water Law, Vol. 24, No. 5/6, 2015, p. 179-184.L. Dai, Identifying and understanding the main challenges for sustainable water resource management in China, In: Journal of Water Law, Vol. 24, No. 5/6, 2015, p. 249-264.
- Dai, L.; Spijkers, O.; Li, Xian, Sustainable development in China's international and domestic law. In: Journal of Water Law, Vol. 24, No. 5/6, 2015, p. 207-220.
- Keessen, A.M.; Ernst, W.W.P., The adaptiveness of Dutch water law put to the test : dealing with water scarcity in a water-rich country. In: Journal of Water Law, Vol. 24, No. 5/6, 2015, p. 239-248.
- Plambeck, E.J.H., Paradoxes of the EU regulatory framework in water management: developing an assessment framework to put the governance approach to the test, In: Journal of Water Law, Vol. 24, No. 5-6, 2015, p. 272-280.
- van den Broek, G.M, Compensation of damages within a systematic approach to large-scale water and infrastructure projects. In: Journal of Water Law, Vol. 24, No. 5-6, 09.2015, p. 266-271.
- Misiedjan, D.J.E.; van Rijswick, H.F.M.W.; Tjen A Kwoei, Alberto, A Human right to water while the well runs dry: analyzing the legal and regulatory framework of Yemen water law. In: Journal of Water Law, Vol. 24, No. 5-6, 2015, p. 199-207.
- van Hees, S.R.W., EU legal barriers to innovative forms of energy production : analysis based on water-related case studies. In: Journal of Water Law, Vol. 24, No. 5-6, 2015, p. 281-288.
Special Issue Utrecht Law Review 2014: Critical Issues in Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law (eds Seline Trevisanut & Helena F.M.W. van Rijswick
- Monika Ambrus, Herman Kasper Gilissen, Jasper van Kempen, Public Values in Water Law: A Case of Substantive Fragmentation?
- Ryan Stoa, Subsidiarity in Principle: Decentralization of Water Resources Management
- Petra Lindhout, Berthy van den Broek, The Polluter Pays Principle: Guidelines for Cost Recovery and Burden Sharing in the Case Law of the European Court of Justice
- Sander van Hees, Sustainable Development in the EU: Redefining and Operationalizing the Concept
- Daphina Misiedjan, Joyeeta Gupta, Indigenous Communities: Analyzing their Right to Water under Different International Legal Regimes
- Marjolein Van Eerd, Mark Wiering, Carel Dieperink, Embedding Adaptiveness into Water & Oceans Law in order to Prevent, Reduce and Manage Environmental and Climate Risks. Exploring the Prospects for Cross-Border Climate Change Adaptation between North Rhine-Westphalia and the Netherlands
- Peter De Smedt, Towards a New Policy for Climate Adaptive Water Management in Flanders: The Concept of Signal Areas
- Barbara Beijen, Helena van Rijswick, Helle Tegner Anker, The Importance of Monitoring for the Effectiveness of Environmental Directives, A Comparison of Monitoring Obligations in European Environmental Directives
- Liping Dai, Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed and Something Blue, Tackling Diffuse Water Pollution from Agriculture in China: Drawing Inspiration from the European Union
Compensation in the European Union: Natura 2000 and Water Law
- Alexandra Arag茫o, Helena van Rijswick, Compensation in the European Union: Natura 2000 and Water Law
- Geert Van Hoorick, Compensatory Measures in European Nature Conservation Law
- Jacqueline Zijlmans, Hans Woldendorp, Compensation and Mitigation: Tinkering with Natura 2000 Protection Law
- Hendrik Schoukens, An Cliquet, Mitigation and Compensation under EU Nature Conservation Law in the Flemish Region: Beyond the Deadlock for Development Projects?
- Willemijn van Doorn-Hoekveld, Compensation in Flood Risk Management with a Focus on Shifts in Compensation Regimes Regarding Prevention, Mitigation and Disaster Management
Tennekes, J, Driessen, PPJ, van Rijswick, HFMW & van Bree, L 2014, 'Out of the Comfort Zone: Institutional Context and the Scope for Legitimate Climate Adaptation Policy' Journal of environmental Policy and Planning, vol 16, no. 2, pp. 241-259.
Mees, HLP, Dijk, J, van Soest, D, Driessen, PPJ, van Rijswick, MHFMW & Runhaar, H 2014, 'A method for the deliberate and deliberative selection of policy instrument mixes for climate change adaptation' Ecology and Society, vol 19, no. 2, 58.
van Buuren, A, Driessen, P, Teisman, G & van Rijswick, M 2014, 'Toward legitimate governance strategies for climate adaptation in the Netherlands: Combining insights from a legal, planning, and network perspective', Regional Environmental Change, vol 14, no. 3, pp. 1021-1033.
Hegger, DLT, Driessen, PPJ, Dieperink, C, Wiering, M, Raadgever, GTT & van Rijswick, HFMW 2014, 'Assessing Stability and Dynamics in Flood Risk Governance: An Empirically Illustrated Research Approach', Water Resources Management, vol 28, no. 12, pp. 4127-4142.
Keessen A. In search of a European legislative approach to adaptation to climate change. In Peeters M, Uylenburg R, editors, EU Environmental Legislation: Legal Perspectives and Regulatory Strategies. Cheltenham, UK: Edgar Elgar Publishing. 2014. p. 193-210. 9. (New Horizons in Environmental and Energy Law series).
van Holten, S & van Rijswick, M 2014, 'The consequences of a governance approach in European Environmental directives for flexibility, effectiveness and legitimacy'. in M Peeters & R Uylenburg (eds), EU environmental legislation: Legal perspectives on regulatory strategies. New Horizons in Environmental and Energy Law series, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham (UK), pp. 13-47.,
van Rijswick, M, Edelenbos, J, Hellegers, P, Kok, M & Kuks, S 2014, 'Ten building blocks for sustainable water governance: an integrated method to assess the governance of water', Water international, vol 39, no. 5, pp. 725-742.
Dai L. Exploring China鈥檚 approach to implementing 鈥榚co-compensation鈥 schemes 鈥 The Lake Tai Watershed as case study considered through a legal lens. Water international. 2014 Sep 4;39(5):755-773.
Dai, Liping A new perspective on water governance in China : Captain of the River. In: Water international, Vol. 40, No. 1, 01.01.2015, p. 87-99.
Gupta J, Hildering A, Misiedjan D. Indigenous people's right to water under international law: A legal pluralism perspective. Current opinion in environmental sustainability. 2014 Dec;11:26-33.
Groothuijse F, Uylenburg R. Everything according to plan? Achieving environmental quality standards by a programmatic approach. In Peeters M, Uylenburg R, editors, EU Environmental Legislation: Legal perspectives on Regulatory Strategies. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited. 2014. p. 116-146.
van Rijswick, Marleen; De Smedt, P., Nature conservation and water management: one battle?. In The Habitats Directive in its EU Environmental Law Context : European Nature鈥檚 Best Hope?. ed. / Charles-Hubert Born; An Cliquet; Hendrik Schoukens; Delphine Misonne; Geert Van Hoorick. London : , 2014. p. 417-433
van Kempen J., Obligations of the Water Framework Directive: Dealing With Problems of Interpretation. In Peeters M, Uylenburg R, editors, EU Environmental Legislation: Legal Perspectives on Regulatory Strategies. London: Edward Elgar Publishing. 2014. p. 146-172
Petra Lindhout, Cost recovery as a policy instrument to achieve sustainable and equitable water use in Europe and the Netherlands, dissertatie Universiteit Utrecht, Uitgeverij 2VM, ISBN 978-94-90393-46-5
Keessen, AM, Hamer, J, van Rijswick, HFMW & Wiering, M 2013, 'The Concept of Resilience from a Normative Perspective: Examples from Dutch Adaptation Strategies' Ecology and Society, vol 18, no. 2.
Green, O, Garmestani, A, van Rijswick, HFMW & Keessen, AM 2013, 'EU Water Governance: Striking the Right Balance between Regulatory Flexibility and Enforcement?' Ecology and Society, vol 18, no. 2.
Backes, CW & van Rijswick, HFMW 2013, 'Effective environmental protection: towards a better understanding of environmental quality standards in environmental legislation'. in L Gipperth & C Zetterberg (eds), Milj枚r盲ttsliga perspektiv och tankev盲ndor, V盲nbok till Jan Darp枚 & Gabriel Michanek. Iustus F枚rlag AB, Uppsala, pp. 19-50.
E.J. Molenaar, A.G. Oude Elferink en D.R. Rothwell (red.), The Law of the Sea and the Polar Regions; Interactions between Global and Regional Regimes ( | Nijhoff, 2013)
van Rijswick, HFMW & Salet, W 2012, 'Enabling the Contextualization of Legal Rules in Responsive Strategies to Climate Change', Ecology and Society, vol 17, no. 2, 18, pp. 1-8.
Special issue Utrecht Law Review, 'The Road to Sustainability: How Environmental Law Can Deal with Complexity and Flexibility, vol 8, no. 3
- H. van Rijswick (ed), The Road to Sustainability: How Environmental Law Can Deal with Complexity and Flexibility
- T. Thorp, Climate Justice: A Constitutional Approach to Unify the Lex Specialis Principles of International Climate Law
- Andrea M. Keessen, Helena F.M.W. van Rijswick, Adaptation to Climate Change in European Water Law and Policy
- Cristina A. Cedillo Torres , Mercedes Garcia-French, Rosemarie Hordijk, Kim Nguyen, Lana Olup, Four Case Studies on Corporate Social Responsibility: Do Conflicts Affect a Company鈥檚 Corporate Social Responsibility Policy?
- M.N. Boeve , G.M. van den Broek, The Programmatic Approach; a Flexible and Complex Tool to Achieve Environmental Quality Standards
- Petra E. Lindhout, A Wider Notion of the Scope of Water Services in EU Water Law. Boosting Payment for Water-Related Ecosystem Services to Ensure Sustainable Water Management?
- L. Dai, Recovering the Costs of Water Services in the People鈥檚 Republic of China: Lessons from Article 9 of the European Union Water Framework Directive
van Rijswick, HFMW & Havekes, HJM 2012, European and Dutch Water Law. , Groningen.
Dieperink, C, Raadgever, GT, Driessen, PPJ, Smit, AAH & van Rijswick, HFMW 2012, 'Ecological ambitions and complications in the regional implementation of the water framework directive in the Netherlands', Water Policy, vol 14, no. 1, pp. 160-173.
van Kempen, J.J.H. (2012). Countering the Obscurity of Obligations in European Environmental Law, Illustrated by an Analysis of Article 4 of the European Water Framework Directive. Journal of Environmental Law (2012) 24 (3): 499-533.
Driessen, PPJ & van Rijswick, HFMW 2011, 'Normative aspects of climate adaptation policies', Climate Law, vol 2, no. 4, pp. 559-581.
van Rijswick, HFMW, Termeer, C, Dewulf, A, van Buuren, A, Huitema, D, Meijerink, S, Rayner, T & Wiering, M 2011, 'The Regional Governance of Climate Adaptation: A Framework for Developing Legitimate, Effective and Resilient Governance Arrangements', Climate Law, vol 1, pp. 1-21.
van Rijswick, HFMW & Hey, E 2010, 'Transnational watermanagement'. in J Oswald & B Sch枚ndorf-Haubold (eds), The European Composite Administration. Intersentia, Antwerpen, pp. 231-253.
Gilissen, HK, van Kempen, JJH & van Rijswick, HFMW 2010, 'The need for international and regional transboundary cooperation in European river basin management as a result of new approaches in EC water law.', ERA Forum, vol 11, no. 1, pp. 129-157.
Keessen, AM, Freriks, AA & van Rijswick, HFMW 2010, 'The Clash of the Titans: The Relation between the European Water and Medicines Legislation', CMLRev, vol 2010, no. 5, pp. 1429-1454.
Keessen, AM, van Kempen, JJH, van Rijswick, HFMW, Robbe, J & Backes, CW 2010, 'European River Basin Districts: Are They Swimming in the Same Implementation Pool?', Journal of Environmental Law, vol 22, no. 2, pp. 197-222
Raadgever, GT, Dieperink, C, Driessen, PPJ, Smit, AAH & van Rijswick, HFMW 2011, 'Uncertainty management strategies: Lessons from the regional implementation of the Water Framework Directive in the Netherlands', Environmental Science, vol 14, no. 1, pp. 64-75,
van Rijswick, H.F.M.W. (2011). 'The Status of Consumers' in European Water Regulation, Environmental Law and Consumer Protection. Revue europe茅nne de droit de la consommation, 1, (pp. 115-148) (34 p.).
Hildering, A., Keessen, A.M. & van Rijswick, H.F.M.W., (2009). Tackling pollution of the Mediterranean Sea from land-based sources by an integrated ecosystem approach and the use of the combined international and European legal regimes. Utrecht Law Review. 5(1), pp.80鈥100.
B.J. Schueler, 鈥楪overnmental liability: an incentive for appropriate adaptation?,鈥 in: Michael Faure and Marjan Peeters, Climate Change Liability, Ius Commune Congres Maastricht 2009, Cheltenham/Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishers 2011 (chapter 11) ISBN: 978 1 84980 286.