Empirical assessment of water management institutions in northern China

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 361-369

  Huang, Qiuqiong ^a   Wang, Jinxia ^b   Easter, K William ^a   Rozelle, Scott ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Collective management; Contracting; Incentives; Irrigation system performance; Participation; Water user associations

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE MANAGEMENT; CONTRACTING; INCENTIVES; IRRIGATION SYSTEM PERFORMANCE; PARTICIPATION; WATER USER ASSOCIATIONS;

CONTRACTORS; IRRIGATION; MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION PERSONNEL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER CONSERVATION;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INCENTIVE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 78249244461     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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