The politics of scaling water governance and adjudication in New Mexico

Water Alternatives

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-82

  Perramond, Eric P ^a  

^a Department of Psychology   (United States)

Author keywords

Acequias; Adjudication; New Mexico; Scalar politics; Water governance

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HUMAN RIGHTS; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLITICS; REGIONALIZATION; STAKEHOLDER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER USE; WATERSHED;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863332640     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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