Participation in water resource and services governance in South Africa: Caught in the acts

Social Participation in Water Governance and Management: Critical and Global Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 183-200

  Wilson, Zoë ^a   Perret, Sylvain Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b NONE

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EID: 84862699255     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849774574     Document Type: Chapter

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