The ‘greening of Isaan’: Politics, ideology and irrigation development in the Northeast of Thailand

Contested Waterscapes in the Mekong Region: Hydropower, Livelihoods and Governance

Volumn 9781849770866, Issue , 2012, Pages 253-282

  Molle, François ^a   Floch, Philippe ^b   Promphakping, Buapun ^c   Blake, David J H ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT; THAILAND;

EID: 84925773135     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849770866     Document Type: Chapter

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