Losing the watershed focus: A look at complex community-managed irrigation systems in Bolivia

Water International

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 744-759

  Saldías, Cecilia ^a   Boelens, Rutgerd ^b   Wegerich, Kai ^c   Speelman, Stijn ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Uzbekistan)

Author keywords

Andes; Bolivia; community managed irrigation systems; water allocation; water management; water transfers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870564672     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2012.733675     Document Type: Article

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