"Water Is Life"-Farmer Rationales and Water Saving in Khorezm, Uzbekistan: A Lifeworld Analysis

Rural Sociology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 394-421

  Oberkircher, Lisa ^a   Hornidge, Anna Katharina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CONSERVATION; IRRIGATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER STORAGE; WATER USE;

KHORAZM; UZBEKISTAN;

EID: 80052522669     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-0831.2011.00054.x     Document Type: Article

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