Pipes and praxis: A methodological contribution to the urban political ecology of water

Journal of Political Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 389-409

  Radonic, Lucero ^a   Kelly Richards, Sarah ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Applied anthropology; infrastructure; political ecology; praxis; social justice; water governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85030484410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10730451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2458/v22i1.21115     Document Type: Article

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