Barnes, Jessica, 1978-

Cultivating the Nile : the everyday politics of water in Egypt / Jessica Barnes. - Durham : London : Duke University Press, 2014. - xvii, 230 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm - New ecologies for the twenty-first century . - New ecologies for the twenty-first century. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-221) and index.

The end of a river -- The Nile's nadir : the production of scarcity -- Fluid governance : water user associations and practices of participation -- Irrigating the desert, deserting the irrigated : land reclamation at the margins -- Flows of drainage : the politics of excess -- Making Egypt's water.

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Water resources development--Egypt.
Water-supply--Egypt.
Water use--Egypt.


Nile River.

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