| Autor: |
Romain Valadaud |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
European Bulletin of Himalayan Research, Vol 60 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2823-6114 |
| DOI: |
10.4000/ebhr.1259 |
| Popis: |
This article sets out to contribute to the debate on the criteria for selecting members of water user associations (WUAs) for large irrigation systems in the Nepalese Tarai. From a socio-historical approach, I explore irrigation policies through the prism of intertwined scientific paradigms and social power relations specific to the Nepalese context. I show how WUA membership has been dissociated from water use and linked to land tenure. An explanation of this historical process highlights the socio-economic consequences on rural communities dependent on surface irrigation and provides a critique of the WUA model, while suggesting a way of reorienting this participatory model towards further inclusion. |
| Databáze: |
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