Participatory research using coir geotextiles in watershed management - A case study in south India

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 41-47

  Vishnudas, Subha ^a   Savenije, Hubert H G ^a,b   van der Zaag, Pieter ^a,b   Anil, Kunnathu R ^c   Balan, Krishnan ^d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c Kerala Agricultural University   (India)

^d Government College of Engineering   (India)

Author keywords

Coir geotextiles; India; Participatory research; Watershed

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGY; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

COIR GEOTEXTILES; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

GEOTEXTILES;

COIR; COLLECTIVE ACTION; GEOTEXTILE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PRODUCTIVITY; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; WATERSHED;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 38949102594     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2007.04.016     Document Type: Article

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