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Just Commons: Governance of Irrigation Water in World Heritage Rice Terraces, Southwest China

By: Dan Luo and  Jun He  
Open Access
|Apr 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijc.1203 | Journal eISSN: 1875-0281
Language: English
Submitted on: Jun 10, 2022
Accepted on: Apr 7, 2023
Published on: Apr 27, 2023
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