The imposition of participation? The case of participatory water management in coastal Bangladesh

Water Alternatives

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 342-366

  Dewan, Camelia ^a   Buisson, Marie Charlotte ^b   Mukherji, Aditi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Community based natural resources management; Local government institutions; Participatory water management

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DECENTRALIZATION; DEVELOPMENT DISCOURSE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84902328141     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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