How much for Old Chico? : water governance and the cobrança in the São Francisco River Basin

This thesis analyzes the governance patterns and power configurations that both shape and are shaped by basin-level water governance as it has been applied in Brazil's São Francisco River Basin. Specifically, it focuses on bulk water charges (the cobrança) and the re-scaled, decentralized, and...

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Main Author: de Freitas, Amanda Corin Parsons
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43124