Cultivating the Nile : the everyday politics of water in Egypt /

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In this compelling ethnography, Jessica Barnes demonstrates how the waters of the Nile are constantly made and remade as a resource by people in and outside of Egypt. Looking at the practices of farmers, government bureaucrats, and NGO policymakers, she illuminates the range of political dynamics, s...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Barnes, Jessica, 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2014.
Series:New ecologies for the twenty-first century.
Subjects:
Water resources development > Egypt.
Water-supply > Egypt.
Water use > Egypt.
Ressources en eau > Exploitation > Égypte.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Égypte.
Eau > Utilisation > Égypte.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Water resources development.
Water-supply.
Water use.
Nile River
Nil (Fleuve)
Egypt.
Nile River.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The end of a river
  • The Nile's nadir : the production of scarcity
  • Fluid governance : water user associations and practices of participation
  • Irrigating the desert, deserting the irrigated : land reclamation at the margins
  • Flows of drainage : the politics of excess
  • Making Egypt's water.

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