Intersections of law, human rights and water management in Zimbabwe: Implications for rural livelihoods

Community-based Water Law and Water Resource Management Reform in Developing Countries

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 248-269

  Derman, Bill ^a,b   Hellum, Anne ^c   Manzungu, Emmanuel ^d   Sithole, Pinimidzai ^d   Machiridza, Rose ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Gender discrimination; Human rights; Local norms; Rights to water and livelihood; Small Scale agriculture; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957583998     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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