Hydropolitics and inter-jurisdictional relationships in China: The pursuit of localized preferences in a centralized system

China Quarterly

Volumn 219, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 760-780

  Moore, Scott ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central local relations; China; Fiscal decentralization; Water resources management

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL-LOCAL RELATIONS; COLLECTIVE ACTION; DECENTRALIZATION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; DAM CONSTRUCTION; WATER POLLUTION;

CHINA;

EID: 84914124636     PISSN: 03057410     EISSN: 14682648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305741014000721     Document Type: Article

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