Equity Reexamined: A Study of Community-Based Rainwater Harvesting in Rajasthan, India

World Development

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 435-444

  Cochran, Jaquelin ^a   Ray, Isha ^b  

^a KIMEP UNIVERSITY   (Kazakhstan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CBNRM; community perspectives; equity; India; rainwater harvesting; symbolic capital

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FORMATION; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EQUITY; HARVESTING; HETEROGENEITY; RAINWATER;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; RAJASTHAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 58149216477     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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