Water, technology, and development: Transformations of development technonatures in changing waterscapes

Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 337-353

  Sultana, Farhana ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Development; Political ecology; Technology; Technonature; Tubewell; Water

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY; ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; POWER RELATIONS; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

GANGES DELTA;

EID: 84876376318     PISSN: 02637758     EISSN: 14723433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/d20010     Document Type: Article

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