ABSTRACT This article assesses the main problems facing the Spanish Tagus River basin, and the management that has caused (or allowed) them. It examines the economic, social, environmental and political-institutional dimensions of Tagus River management in terms of sustainable development. We find that the institutions responsible for designing and implementing water policy in the Tagus basin have been unsuccessful in balancing the three classic dimensions of sustainability, resulting in systematic and recurrent failure to comply with the European Water Framework Directive and the principles of sustainable development.

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当河流不能自然流动时：塔霍河不可持续管理的案例研究（西班牙）

摘要 本文评估了西班牙塔霍河流域面临的主要问题，以及导致（或允许）这些问题的管理。它从可持续发展的角度考察了塔霍河管理的经济、社会、环境和政治制度层面。我们发现负责设计和实施塔霍河流域水资源政策的机构未能成功平衡可持续发展的三个经典维度，导致系统性和反复性地未能遵守欧洲水框架指令和可持续发展原则。