ASSESSMENT DEGREE THE ADAPTATION OF SUB-REGIONAL PLANS FROM ANDALUSIA (SPAIN) TO WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE

The recognition of the need to integrate water and territorial policies was one of the innovations introduced by the Water Framework Directive (WFD). A possible way to advance toward integration policies is the incorporation of hydrological approach into the spatial planning and vice versa. This idea, in Europe, implies that spatial plans should assume the principles, objectives and measures of the Directive. The present paper aims at achieving an assessment of the adaptation degree to the Directive by five specific Andalusian Sub-regional Plans. To this end, the paper proposes ten evaluation criteria.