Typology of irrigation institutions and water governance through horizontal agreements
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https://doi.org/10.22231/asyd.v12i3.232Keywords:
self-governance, irrigation systems, bureaucratic and non-bureaucratic management, networksAbstract
An argument is made for a typology of the diversity of self-governance. On the one hand, decentralized or centralized governance, and bureaucratic or non-bureaucratic water management. On the other hand the existence of networks of horizontal agreements with no overarching institutions.
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