River rivalry: Water disputes, resource insecurity and diplomatic deadlock in South Asia

Water Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 231-251

  Wirsing, Robert G ^a   Jasparro, Christopher ^b  

^a Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies   (United States)

^b National Security Affairs   (United States)

Author keywords

Baglihar dam dispute; India Bangladesh relations; India Nepal relations; India Pakistan relations; Indus Waters Treaty; Teesta river dispute; Trans boundary river conflict; Water scarcity; Water security

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250323556     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2007.014     Document Type: Article

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