Privatised hydropower development in Turkey: A case of water grabbing?

Water Alternatives

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 376-391

  Islar, Mine ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hydropower; Neoliberalism; Privatisation; Turkey; Water use rights

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; NEOLIBERALISM; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; OWNERSHIP; PRIVATE SECTOR; PRIVATIZATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WATER USE;

ANATOLIA; TURKEY;

EID: 84871522708     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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