A community in the Orange: The development of a multi-level water governance framework in the Orange-Senqu River basin in Southern Africa

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-210

  Jacobs, Inga M ^a  

^a WATER RESEARCH COMMISSION   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Community of interest; Hydropolitics; Multi level governance; Norms; Orange Senqu River; Southern African Development Community (SADC); Transboundary water governance; Water policy reform

Indexed keywords

BASIN MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LANDSCAPE; POLITICAL CONFLICT; TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION; WELFARE REFORM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LESOTHO; ORANGE BASIN; SENQU RIVER;

EID: 84859586306     PISSN: 15679764     EISSN: 15731553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10784-012-9166-1     Document Type: Article

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