Reconceptualizing water management in Khorezm, Uzbekistan

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 251-268

  Hornidge, Anna Katharina ^a   Oberkircher, Lisa ^a   Tischbein, Bernhard ^b   Schorcht, Gunther ^c   Bhaduri, Anik ^d   Manschadi, Ahmad M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b ZEF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d Department of Economic and Technological Change ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Agency; Interdisciplinary research; Irrigation water management; IWRM; Khorezm, Uzbekistan; Water use practices

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

AMU DARYA RIVER; KHORAZM; UZBEKISTAN;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 80052525762     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: 14778947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2011.01391.x     Document Type: Article

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