Water and poverty in the southwest

Abstract

Focusing on cultural influences and minority control over water and mineral resources, this -workshop collection contains two papers and two sets of comments regarding those papers. Studying the relationship between rural poverty and water resources' in the Southwest, the first piper, by Helen Ingram and five_others, examines.. how water is important to the--poor and basic preconditions' to improved water use by the poor. Atter sideptifying the SouthwesCs poor as mostly 'Indian and Hispanic people, the.paper discusses regional patterns of 'watet,control, water use by the poor, economics of Alter,' the poor who do an don't control water, -and communal values of water.Conclusions s gest water control by poor people an strong community.in-put regarAi water allocation could positively affect economic_development. Preopoleing areas of policy analysis based) on current issues' confronting nieural-resource-owning Indian tribes as landowners ana governments, the second paper, by Susan Williams, provides an historic overview focusing on tribes as landowners and their tifferent resources including water, and minerals. It then_ suggests a research agenda and concludes at although resource .develcipment demands carefulconsideration N. tribal members, resourceowning tribes can improve their economic 'well-being. Commenti provide examples of cultural differences illustrating difficulties any outside intervention may face. (PM) .********************************************************************* * Reproductions supplied by EURS are the best that can be made from the original document. *** * *********** ********************************14****************** Rural Development Poverty, ind Natural esources Workshop raper Series