Sustainability analysis of two participatory watershed projects in Kerala

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Vishnudas, Subha ^a   Savenije, Hubert H G ^a,b   Van der Zaag, Pieter ^a,b   Ajith Kumar, C E ^c   Anil, K R ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c Kerala Agricultural University   (India)

Author keywords

India; People's participation; Sustainability analysis; Watershed

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS;

WATERSHEDS;

COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; WATERSHED;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 38949095993     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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