A political economy of water in Southern Africa

Water Alternatives

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-47

  Swatuk, Larry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecocentric; Hydraulic mission; Integrated water resources management (IWRM); Southern Africa; Southern african development community (SADC); Technocentric; Underdevelopment

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651099176     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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