Water governance and livelihoods: Outcomes for smallholders on the Usangu plains, Tanzania

Water Resources and Rural Development

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-16

  Franks, Tom ^a   Cleaver, Frances ^b   Maganga, Faustin ^c   Hall, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Ecosystems; Institutions; Irrigation; Water management; Water rights; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IRRIGATION; LANDHOLDING; SMALLHOLDER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RELATIONS; WATER RESOURCE; WATER STORAGE; WATER USE; WETLAND;

MBEYA [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA; USANGU PLAINS;

EID: 84897128922     PISSN: 22126082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wrr.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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