Water management institutional reform: A representative look at northern China

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-225

  Huang, Qiuqiong ^a   Rozelle, Scott ^b   Wang, Jinxia ^c   Huang, Jikun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Collective management; Contracting; Water user associations

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTORS; CONTRACTS; MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; COLLECTIVE MANAGEMENT; CONTRACTING; INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS; NEW FORMS; NORTHERN CHINAS; REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS; SURVEY DATUMS; WATER GOVERNANCES; WATER MANAGERS; WATER SCARCITIES; WATER USER ASSOCIATIONS;

WATER CONSERVATION;

INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; VILLAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 56249117983     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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