Operational manifestations of institutional dysfunction in post- Apartheid South Africa

Water Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 998-1014

  Clifford Holmes, Jai K ^a   Palmer, Carolyn G ^a   De Wet, Chris J ^a   Slinger, Jill H ^a,b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Institutional change; IWRM; Local government; South Africa; Water services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84980027620     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2016.211     Document Type: Article

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