Local governance and water resource management: Experiences from northern Namibia

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 200-211

  Hossan, Farhad ^a   Helao, Tuhafeni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NAMIBIA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Community development; Local governance; Namibia; Water resource management

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; RESOURCE SCARCITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 50849108863     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: 1099162X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pad.499     Document Type: Article

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