Suffering for water, suffering from water: Emotional geographies of resource access, control and conflict

Geoforum

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-172

  Sultana, Farhana ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Conflict; Emotional geography; Gender; Political ecology; Resource access; Water

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GENDER; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; OWNERSHIP; RESOURCE USE; SOCIAL CONFLICT;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 79952490746     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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