Transition from Karez to Tubewell Irrigation: Development, Modernization, and Social Capital in Balochistan, Pakistan

World Development

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1796-1813

  Mustafa, Daanish ^a   Qazi, Muhammed Usman ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNDP   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Balochistan; groundwater; karez; resilience; social capital; South Asia

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PUMPING; SEMIARID REGION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; BALUCHISTAN; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 35248878480     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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