The politics of IWRM in Southern Africa

International Journal of Water Resources Development

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 528-542

  Mehta, Lyla ^a,b   Alba, Rossella ^c   Bolding, Alex ^c   Denby, Kristi ^a   Derman, Bill ^a   Hove, Takunda ^d   Manzungu, Emmanuel ^e   Movik, Synne ^f   Prabhakaran, Preetha ^b   van Koppen, Barbara ^g  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering University of Zimbabwe ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^f NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^g INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

gender; IWRM; politics and political economy; re allocation and equity; southern Africa; water reforms

Indexed keywords

WATER MANAGEMENT;

GENDER; IWRM; POLITICAL ECONOMY; RE-ALLOCATION AND EQUITY; SOUTHERN AFRICA; WATER REFORMS;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GENDER ROLE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY REFORM; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

MOZAMBIQUE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84904050245     PISSN: 07900627     EISSN: 13600648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2014.916200     Document Type: Article

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