Valuing soft components in agricultural water management interventions in meso-scale watersheds: A review and synthesis

Water Alternatives

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-154

  Barron, Jennie ^a,b   Noel, Stacey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Agricultural water management; Cost benefit; Investment; Meso scale watersheds; Social capital

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INVESTMENT; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LEADERSHIP; LITERATURE REVIEW; META-ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

ASIA; LATIN AMERICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 79959577831     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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