The hydrosocial contract theory and the Lesotho Highlands Water Project

Water Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-126

  Meissner, Richard ^a   Turton, Anthony R ^b  

^a University of Pretoria ^*  (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Hydropolitical history; Hydrosocial contract theory; Interest groups; Lesotho Highlands Water Project; Water discourse

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042427810     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2003.0007     Document Type: Article

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