Demystifying 'tradition': The politics of rainwater harvesting in rural Rajasthan, india

Water Alternatives

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 347-364

  Gupta, Saurabh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Johad; New traditionalism; Rainwater harvesting; Rajasthan; Water conservation

Indexed keywords

NATURAL RESOURCE; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; RAINWATER; RURAL AREA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER LEVEL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER STORAGE;

INDIA; RAJASTHAN;

EID: 83155185026     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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