The dynamics between water asymmetry, inequality and heterogeneity sustaining canal institutions in the makanya catchment, Tanzania

Water Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 800-820

  Komakech, Hans Charles ^a,b   Van Der Zaag, Pieter ^a,b   Van Koppen, Barbara ^c  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Canal irrigation; Collective action; Common pool resources; Cooperation; Interdependence; Water allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870535586     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2012.196     Document Type: Article

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