Rationality Criteria for Complex Goal Systems: The case of the EU Water Framework Directive

IF 3.4 3区环境科学与生态学 Q3 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Management Pub Date : 2026-10-10 DOI:10.1007/s00267-026-02635-6

Neelke Doorn, Karin Edvardsson Björnberg, Sven Ove Hansson

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Abstract

We extend a previous list of four rationality criteria for the setting of a single goal to a list of six rationality criteria for the construction of large goal systems, such as those commonly established for sustainability policies. These criteria are applied to the European Union’s Water Framework Directive (WFD). For each of the six criteria we find deficiencies that should preferably be redressed in future revisions of the framework. Based on this example, we argue that in the future, complex goal systems should be carefully analysed from the viewpoint of goal-setting rationality before they are adopted.

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复杂目标系统的合理性标准：欧盟水框架指令的案例。

我们将之前设定单一目标的四个合理性标准扩展到构建大型目标系统的六个合理性标准，例如通常为可持续性政策建立的那些标准。这些标准适用于欧盟的水框架指令（WFD）。对于六项标准中的每一项，我们都发现了不足之处，最好在今后修订框架时加以纠正。基于这个例子，我们认为在未来，在采用复杂的目标系统之前，应该从目标设定合理性的角度进行仔细的分析。

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Environmental Management 环境科学-环境科学

CiteScore

6.20

自引率

2.90%

发文量

178

审稿时长

12 months

期刊介绍： Environmental Management offers research and opinions on use and conservation of natural resources, protection of habitats and control of hazards, spanning the field of environmental management without regard to traditional disciplinary boundaries. The journal aims to improve communication, making ideas and results from any field available to practitioners from other backgrounds. Contributions are drawn from biology, botany, chemistry, climatology, ecology, ecological economics, environmental engineering, fisheries, environmental law, forest sciences, geosciences, information science, public affairs, public health, toxicology, zoology and more. As the principal user of nature, humanity is responsible for ensuring that its environmental impacts are benign rather than catastrophic. Environmental Management presents the work of academic researchers and professionals outside universities, including those in business, government, research establishments, and public interest groups, presenting a wide spectrum of viewpoints and approaches.