TY - CHAP AB - Given that the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) calls for the management of water resources at the river basin level, the German water sector, which has historically been dominated by the federal states and has been organized along administrative borders, is now challenged to be reorganized. The article introduces the German water sector, reviews past experiences with river basin management such as North Rhine–Westphalia's water associations, the river basin organizations of the former German Democratic Republic, and international river commissions, and addresses current challenges in connection with the implementation of WFD. VL - 7 SN - 978-1-84950-507-9, 978-0-7623-1448-5/1569-3740 DO - 10.1016/S1569-3740(07)07002-2 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/S1569-3740(07)07002-2 AU - Petry Daniel AU - Dombrowsky Ines ED - Jon D. Erickson ED - Frank Messner ED - Irene Ring PY - 2007 Y1 - 2007/01/01 TI - River Basin Management in Germany: Past Experiences and Challenges Ahead T2 - Ecological Economics of Sustainable Watershed Management T3 - Advances in the Economics of Environmental Resources PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 11 EP - 42 Y2 - 2024/04/26 ER -