Can local people also gain from benefit sharing in water resources development? Experiences from dam development in the Orange-Senqu River Basin

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 32, Issue 15-18, 2007, Pages 1322-1329

  Mokorosi, Palesa Selloane ^a   van der Zaag, Pieter ^b,c  

^a Water Resources Division   (Lesotho)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benefit sharing; Compensation; Dam; Equity; Human rights; Inter basin transfer

Indexed keywords

LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PUBLIC POLICY; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; RIVERS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

DAM DEVELOPMENT; EQUITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTER BASIN TRANSFER; WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT;

DAMS;

ACCESSIBILITY; DAM CONSTRUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY STRATEGY; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

AFRICA; LESOTHO; ORANGE RIVER; SENQU RIVER; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34548634407     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2007.07.028     Document Type: Article

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