The man swimming against the stream knows the strength of it. Hydraulics and social relations in an Argentinean irrigation system

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 200-208

  Ertsen, Maurits W ^a   Nooijen, Ronald van ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

History; Irrigation; Modeling; Power; Structuration

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CANALS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; HYDRAULICS; INVESTMENTS; IRRIGATION; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION; WATER SUPPLY;

DISTRIBUTED POWER; FLOW DOWNSTREAM; HISTORY; HYDRAULIC BEHAVIORS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; HYDRAULIC RESISTANCES; IRRIGATION AREAS; IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; MODELING; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCES; PLANT GROWTHS; POWER; SOCIAL RELATIONS; STRUCTURATION; STRUCTURING EFFECTS; WATER AVAILABILITIES; WATER DELIVERIES; WATER SCARCITIES;

RIVERS;

DISCHARGE; HYDRAULICS; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MODELING; RESOURCE SCARCITY; STREAM; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 58849126907     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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