Water, politics and river basin governance: Repoliticizing approaches to river basin management

Water International

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-70

  Molle, François ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b International Water Management Institute IWMI   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Convergence of interests; Discursive power; Overbuilt basins; Political processes; Repoliticization; Water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249088909     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060802677846     Document Type: Article

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