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Large dams and changes in an Agrarian society: Gendering the impacts of Damodar Valley corporation in Eastern India

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2012

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Lahiri-Dutt, Kuntala

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Water Alternatives Association

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This paper traces the gendered changes in agrarian livelihoods in the lower Damodar valley of eastern India and connects these changes to the large dam project of the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC). The DVC, established in 1948, was one of the earliest

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Keywords: agrarian reform; agricultural economics; gender relations; water management; Damodar Valley; India; West Bengal Canal irrigation; Damodar Valley Corporation; Floods; Gender impacts; India; Large dams; West Bengal

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/69587

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ANU Research Publications

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Water Alternatives

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Journal article

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Open Access

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