It's about water: Anthropological perspectives on water and policy

Human Organization

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 140-149

  Treitler, Inga ^a   Midgett, Douglas ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Cultural understandings of water; Dispute management; Water use and allocation; Watershed regulation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; POLICY MAKING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER USE; WATERSHED;

EID: 43249132160     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.66.2.qk8142v862611811     Document Type: Article

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