Water: From Basic Need to Commodity: A Discussion on Gender and Water Rights in the Context of Irrigation

World Development

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1335-1349

  Zwarteveen, Margreet Z ^a  

^a Intl Irrigat Mgmt Inst Hq   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Intrahousehold; Irrigation; Water resources; Water rights

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PROPERTY RIGHTS; WATER RIGHTS; WATER SUPPLY; WOMEN'S STATUS;

EID: 0031426922     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(97)00032-6     Document Type: Article

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