Water and terrorism

Water Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 481-503

  Gleick, Peter H ^a  

^a Pacific Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological warfare; Chemical warfare; Distribution systems; Eco terrorism; Environmental terrorism; Water and terrorism; Water supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845764672     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2006.035     Document Type: Review

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