Connections between poverty, water and agriculture: Evidence from 10 river basins

Water International

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 125-140

  Kemp Benedict, Eric ^a   Cook, Simon ^b,c   Allen, Summer L ^d   Vosti, Steve ^d   Lemoalle, Jacques ^e   Giordano, Mark ^f   Ward, John ^g   Kaczan, David ^g  

^a STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Basin Focal Projects   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^f INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^g CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agricultural water management; Basin Focal Project; Economic development; Poverty; Sustainable livelihoods; Water poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751696812     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2011.541015     Document Type: Article

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