East African water regimes: The case of Kenya

The Evolution of the Law and Politics of Water

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 105-120

  Nilsson, David ^a   Nyanchaga, Ezekiel Nyangeri ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

East Africa; history; water institutions; water policy; water resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892327066     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9867-3_7     Document Type: Chapter

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