The role of authority in the collective management of hill irrigation systems in the Alai (Kyrgyzstan) and Pamir (Tajikistan)

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 294-304

  Hill, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

authority; collective management; Gorno Badakhshan; Hill irrigation; Kyrgyzstan; obligations; Osh; post Soviet; Tajikistan; water rights

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HILL; IRRIGATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POPULATION GROWTH; STATE ROLE; WELFARE REFORM;

KYRGYZSTAN; TAJIKISTAN;

EID: 84883711671     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-12-00127.1     Document Type: Article

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