Fight for the last drop: inter-state river disputes in India

Contemporary South Asia

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-180

  Swain, Ashok ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPOLITICS; POLITICAL CONFLICT; TERRITORIAL DISPUTE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

INDIA;

EID: 0031719736     PISSN: 09584935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09584939808719837     Document Type: Article

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