Contesting large-scale water supply projects at both ends of the pipe in Kathmandu and Melamchi Valleys, Nepal

Geoforum

Volumn 47, Issue , 2013, Pages 22-31

  Domènech, Laia ^a   March, Hug ^b   Saurí, David ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental Justice; International donor agencies; Large scale hydraulic projects; Urban Political Ecology; Water conflicts

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RURAL AREA; URBAN POLITICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

BAGMATI; KATHMANDU VALLEY; MELAMCHI RIVER; NEPAL;

EID: 84875312294     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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