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RURAL WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Author(s) -
WIENER AARON
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
natural resources forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1477-8947
pISSN - 0165-0203
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-8947.1977.tb00050.x
Subject(s) - developing country , environmental planning , business , rural development , agriculture , rural area , economic growth , natural resource economics , environmental resource management , water resource management , geography , political science , economics , environmental science , archaeology , law
The author focuses on the need in developing countries for an integrated approach to rural water planning and management, advocating that it can and must play a central role in overall rural development and social transformation. He juxtaposes the approaches indicated by the widely differing conditions in developed and developing countries and illustrates, with reference to irrigated agriculture, the appropriate strategies for developing countries to maximize the benefits of water as an input into overall development.