Participatory management structure of large-scale people's irrigation system: The case of the Soprong Muang Fai system, northern Thailand

Southeast Asian Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 145-162

  Ounvichit, Tassanee ^a   Wattayu, Supat ^b   Satoh, Masayoshi ^c  

^a Royal Irrigation Department   (Thailand)

^b Office of Hydrology and Water Management   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community irrigation system; Economy of scale; Institutionalism; Irrigation information asymmetry; Muang fai; Natural resources management; Participatory irrigation management; Social organization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ECONOMY OF SCALE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RURAL ECONOMY; VILLAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 54049145613     PISSN: 05638682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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