Understanding legal pluralism in water and land rights: Lessons from Africa and Asia

Community-based Water Law and Water Resource Management Reform in Developing Countries

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 12-27

  Meinzen Dick, Ruth ^a   Nkonya, Leticia ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Asia; Conflict management; Customary law; Land tenure; Legal pluralism; Water rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870558644     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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