Shifting to hydrological/hydrographic boundaries: a comparative assessment of national policy implementation in the Zerafshan and Ferghana Valleys

International Journal of Water Resources Development

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 88-105

  Wegerich, Kai ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

administrative reform; bureaucratic politics; hydrological boundaries; irrigation bureaucracy; Uzbekistan

Indexed keywords

WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM; BUREAUCRATIC POLITICS; COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; FERGHANA VALLEY; NATIONAL POLICIES; POLICY IMPLEMENTATIONS; UZBEKISTAN;

LANDFORMS;

EID: 84922749070     PISSN: 07900627     EISSN: 13600648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2014.914892     Document Type: Article

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