Claiming Space, Claiming Water: Contested Legal Geographies of Water in South Texas

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 614-631

  Jepson, Wendy ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

colonias; critical legal geography; territoriality; Texas; water governance

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LEGAL RIGHTS; LEGISLATION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TERRITORIAL DELIMITATION; WATER DEMAND; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860145483     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2011.641897     Document Type: Article

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