Commoditizing water territories: The clash between Andean water rights cultures and payment for environmental services policies

Capitalism, Nature, Socialism

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 84-102

  Boelens, Rutgerd ^a   Hoogesteger, Jaime ^a   Rodriguez De Francisco, Jean Carlo ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; VALUATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

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EID: 84891788701     PISSN: 10455752     EISSN: 15483290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10455752.2013.876867     Document Type: Article

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