SPECIAL ISSUE
Achieving sustainable and adaptive fresh water management: a legal perspective from the Netherlands and China
Edited by
PROFESSOR MARLEEN van RISJWICK
Director, Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
PROFESSOR PATRICIA WOUTERS
Xiamen School of Law, Founding Director, China International Water Law Programme

INTRODUCTION
Devising a legal analytical approach to the comparison of European, Chinese and Dutch water law
MARLEEN van RISJWICK, PATRICIA WOUTERS 

ARTICLES
The theoretical perspective
Sustainable uncertainty - normalising the ecological state of exception
DR BALD DE VRIES
Assistant Professor, Institute of Constitutional, Administrative Law and Legal Theory, School of Law, Utrecht University

The Institutional perspective
Implementing transboundary water cooperation through effective institutional mechanisms: The legal and institutional design dimensioins of selected African joint water institutions: creative lessons for global problems?
ANTON EARLE
Director, African Regional Centre, Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)
PROFESSOR DR PATRICIA WOUTERS
China International Water Law, Xiamen International Water Law Research Group, Xiamen University

The sustainable development goals as catalyst for the sustainable management of water resources
DR OTTO SPIJKERS
School of Law, Utrecht University

Water cooperation and the responsibility to protect
DAVID DEVLAIMINCK
School of Law, Xiamen University

Institutional and governance aspects of water management: subsidiarity and decentralisation
PROFESSOR REMCO NEHMELMAN
Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

The Instrumental/regulatory perspective
Mechanisms for water allocation and water rights in Europe and the Netherlands - lessons from a general public law perspective
PROFESSOR H F M W van RIJSWICK
Director, Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

Regulating water pollution in China and the European Union with a focus on agricultural pollution
LIPING DAI
Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

The integration of the adaptation approach into EU and Dutch legislation on flood risk management
H K GILISSEN
Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

Promoting sustainable water management in area development: a regulatory approach
ANOESKA BUIJZE
Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law, Utrecht University, the Netherlands