Designing institutions for irrigation management: Comparing irrigation agencies in Nepal and Taiwan

Property Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 162-178

  Lam, Wai Fung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Irrigation works; Nepal; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646195262     PISSN: 02637472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02637470610658032     Document Type: Article

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