Comparative analysis of management of three water users' organizations: Successful cases in the Chao Phraya Delta, Thailand

Paddy and Water Environment

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-237

  Teamsuwan, Vipob ^a   Satoh, Masayoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Common management budgets; Gravity irrigation project; Incentive; Integrated water user group; Management system; Pumping irrigation project; Water user association; Water user group

Indexed keywords

EID: 71349084100     PISSN: 16112490     EISSN: 16112504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10333-009-0168-8     Document Type: Article

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