Book ID: CBB261176072

Transforming rural water governance : the road from resource management to political activism in Nicaragua (2019)

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Sarah T. Romano (Author)


The University of Arizona Press


Publication Date: 2019
Physical Details: 196
Language: English

In Transforming Rural Water Governance, Sarah T. Romano explains the bottom-up development and political impact of community-based water and sanitation committees (CAPS) in Nicaragua. Romano traces the evolution of CAPS from rural resource management associations into a national political force through grassroots organizing and strategic alliances. (Publisher)

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Authors & Contributors
Stroshane, Tim
Bert Toussaint
Bickers, Margaret A.
Schmidt, Jeremy J.
Crifasi, Robert R.
Hansen, Jan
Concepts
Water resource management
Water supply
Water
Public policy
Citizen participation
Drought
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
Places
United States
Los Angeles (California)
Netherlands
Australia
Colorado (U.S.)
Lagos, Nigeria
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