The water connection: Irrigation, water grabbing and politics in southern Morocco

Water Alternatives

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 284-303

  Houdret, Annabelle ^a  

^a GERMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arab Spring; El Guerdane; Irrigated agriculture; Morocco; Public private partnership (PPP); Rural development; Water conflicts; Water grabbing; Water management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; DECENTRALIZATION; EMPOWERMENT; FRUIT; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MARGINALIZATION; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

MOROCCO;

EID: 84871489799     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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