Irrigation Management Transfer and WUAs’ dynamics: evidence from the South-Kazakhstan Province

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 765-777

  Zinzani, Andrea ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Central Asia; IMT; Kazakhstan; Water management; WUAs

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CENTRAL ASIA; GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS; INTERNATIONAL DONORS; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT TRANSFER; KAZAKHSTAN; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; WATER USERS ASSOCIATIONS; WUAS;

IRRIGATION;

EID: 84920707966     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3209-6     Document Type: Article

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