1 Introduction
2 Subsidiarity - Origin and Concept
2.1 Etymological Origin
2.2 The Concept
2.3 Intellectual-history Background
2.4 The Reasoning behind the Concept
2.5 Basic Assumptions and Different Aspects of Subsidiarity
3 Subsidiarity in Water Management
3.1 Multi-functionality of Water
3.2 Water Management Between the Local and the Global
3.3 The Scope of Institutional Approaches
3.4 Water is Power
3.5 Water Management and Globalisation
3.6 Subsidiarity and Privatisation in Water Management
3.7 Subsidiarity and Common Property
4 Subsidiarity and Sustainability
4.1 Sustainability
4.2 Sustainabilily and Water Management
4.3 Compatibility of Subsidiarity and Sustainability
S The Practical Case - Subsidiarily in the Water Management
5.1 Netherlands
5.2 France
5.3 United Kingdom
5.4 Portugal
5.5 Germany
6 Conclusion
7 Bibliography
8 Annex
8.1 Subsidiarity in France
8.2 Subsidiarity in the Netherlands
8.3 Subsidiarity in Portugal
TABLES AND FIGURES
Figure 1: Application of subsidiarity
Figure 2: Decision-Making levels
Table 1: The different facets of the principle of subsidiarity
Table 2: Principles of Sustainable Water Management