Water rights and multiple water uses: Framework and application to Kirindi Oya irrigation system Sri Lanka

Irrigation and Drainage Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 129-148

  Meinzen Dick, Ruth ^a   Bakker, Margaretha ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FAO   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Legal pluralism; Multiple uses; Sri Lanka; Stakeholders; Water rights

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CULTIVATION; EFFICIENCY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

WATER RIGHTS;

IRRIGATION;

IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MULTIPLE USE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

SRI LANKA;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0035346894     PISSN: 01686291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012903127115     Document Type: Article

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