Experiments and counter-experiments in the Urban laboratory of water- supply partnerships in India

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 393-412

  Gopakumar, Govind ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archipelagos; Bengaluru; Experimentation; India; Partnerships; Politics; Water supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894537600     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.12076     Document Type: Article

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