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Revealing the Foggara as a Living Irrigation System through an Institutional Analysis: Evidence from Oases in the Algerian Sahara Cover

Revealing the Foggara as a Living Irrigation System through an Institutional Analysis: Evidence from Oases in the Algerian Sahara

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|Dec 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijc.1128 | Journal eISSN: 1875-0281
Language: English
Submitted on: Apr 29, 2021
Accepted on: Sep 5, 2021
Published on: Dec 22, 2021
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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