Social Capital and Local Water Management in Egypt
From the 1980s onward, billions of dollars were poured into irrigation improvement programs in Egypt. These aimed at improving local Nile water management through the introduction of more water-efficient technology and by placing management of the improved systems in the hands of local water user as...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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La Vergne :
The American University in Cairo Press,
2016.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1. Introduction
- Background
- Aim and Objectives
- Social Capital
- Community-based Natural Resource Management and Social Capital
- The Conceptual Framework
- 2. State, Society, and Irrigation Management in Egypt
- Water Availability in Egypt
- Agriculture, Irrigation, and State Policies
- The Village
- Irrigation Water Management in Egypt
- Irrigation Improvement Projects
- Methodology
- Access to the Field
- 3. Social Capital and Irrigation Water Management in Kafr al-Sheikh and Fayoum in the 1950s and 1960s
- Social Capital in the Village Field in the 1950s and 1960s
- Rules of the Game in the Village Field
- Community Social Capital
- Networks of Social Relationships
- Irrigation Water Management in Kafr al-Sheikh and Fayoum: Case Study Areas in the 1950s and 1960s
- Conclusion
- 4. Social Capital and Irrigation Water Management in Kafr al-Sheikh and Fayoum since the 1970s
- Social Capital in the Village Field since the 1970s
- Rules of the Game in the Village Field
- Community Social Capital
- Networks of Social Relationships
- Irrigation Water Management in Kafr al-Sheikh and Fayoum: Case Study Areas since the 1970s
- Conclusion
- 5. Water User Organizations and Social Capital
- Using the Conceptual Framework
- Limitations of Putnam's Social Capital Theory and Approach Based on Empirical Findings
- Enhancing the Conceptual Framework
- Generalizing the Conceptual Framework
- Conclusion
- 6. Conclusions
- Research Conclusion
- Re ections on Methodology
- Areas of Future Study
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Glossary
- Notes
- Bibliography