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. |
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Page 1
... availability and environmental sustainability. Water Resources Management (WRM) increasingly gains importance in this semi-arid environment as well as in the entire river basin. In rural Ghana, local user groups manage their household ...
... availability and environmental sustainability. Water Resources Management (WRM) increasingly gains importance in this semi-arid environment as well as in the entire river basin. In rural Ghana, local user groups manage their household ...
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... availability is a central issue for local livelihood in semi-arid environments. It determines what economic activities can be pursued at what period; specific patterns of water use and requirements result from it. Further, water usage ...
... availability is a central issue for local livelihood in semi-arid environments. It determines what economic activities can be pursued at what period; specific patterns of water use and requirements result from it. Further, water usage ...
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... availability as well as by water needs and the socio-political organization of the society. Divergences between legal rule and legal practice may occur. Socio-cultural norms have an impact on water rights and allocation practice as well ...
... availability as well as by water needs and the socio-political organization of the society. Divergences between legal rule and legal practice may occur. Socio-cultural norms have an impact on water rights and allocation practice as well ...
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... availability and distribution of water” (Meinzen-Dick and Pradhan, 2002). Water rights form a legal construction but social relationships are empirical facts (Benda-Beckmann et al., 1996). Hence, the elaboration of a local water right ...
... availability and distribution of water” (Meinzen-Dick and Pradhan, 2002). Water rights form a legal construction but social relationships are empirical facts (Benda-Beckmann et al., 1996). Hence, the elaboration of a local water right ...
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... availability at the market site. During the third phase of the research, when a particular pump community had been selected for the case study practice, Mrs. Norberta Abaane assisted me to conduct a series of interviews with inhabitants ...
... availability at the market site. During the third phase of the research, when a particular pump community had been selected for the case study practice, Mrs. Norberta Abaane assisted me to conduct a series of interviews with inhabitants ...
Contents
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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