Moving metaphors we live by: Water and flow in the social sciences and around hydroelectric dams in Kyrgyzstan

Central Asian Survey

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 487-502

  Féaux De La Croix, Jeanne ^a  

^a ZENTRUM MODERNER ORIENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

dams; flow; Kyrgyzstan; movement; pastures; sacred sites; water

Indexed keywords

DAM; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; PASTURE; WATER FLOW;

JALAL-ABAD; KYRGYZSTAN; TOKTOGUL DAM;

EID: 84860694089     PISSN: 02634937     EISSN: 14653354     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02634937.2011.614097     Document Type: Article

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