Water resources and indicators of conflict: A proposed spatial analysis

Water International

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 377-384

  Yoffe, Shira B ^a   Ward, Brian S ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Geographic information systems (GIS); Indicators; International river basins

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345568539     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508069908692191     Document Type: Article

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