Defining water rights: By prescription or negotiation?

Water Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 207-227

  Molle, François ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Institutions; Participation; River basin management; Sri Lanka; Water rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543146744     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2004.0014     Document Type: Review

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