The Political Ecology of Household Water in Northern GhanaLIT Verlag Münster, 2008 - 309 pages Household water provides the entry point for this ethnography and study of institutional change. The book discusses the political economy of poverty and presents the polyphone discourse on water and the environment. It outlines water history and water rights from the 1970s onwards, and analyzes social dynamics. It offers a critical voice in the debate on climate change by arguing that local and global perceptions are not necessarily coherent. |
Contents
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| 5 | |
| 41 | |
Chapter 4 Nankane social organization | 69 |
Chapter 5 Knowledge systems | 97 |
Chapter 6 Water and livelihood | 135 |
Chapter 7 Water supply and water rights | 179 |
Chapter 8 Water allocation | 225 |
Chapter 9 Small town water systems | 253 |
Chapter 10 Conclusion | 279 |
Common terms and phrases
Abeleteo According activities additional administrative allocation availability basin borehole called chapter collected committee compound houses construction consultancy contribution CWSA decision-making district economic environment example existing facilities factors farming fees fetch fetch water field groups hand pumps household water important improved increased individual institutions interest interview knowledge labour land livelihood living means meetings millet Mission Nankane natural NCWSP norms Northern Ghana observed operation organization ownership participation particular person piped political population practice problem processes production pump community rain Region require reservoir result River rules rural season Sirigu situation small town social society strategy Table tion usually village water rights water sources water supply water system water user women WSDB