Uneven development and the commercialisation of public utilities: A political ecology analysis of water reforms in Malaysia
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2016.02.003
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Water policy; Governance; Malaysia; Commercialisation; Political ecology; Postcolonial;All these keywords.
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