Transboundary river basin agreements in the Mekong and Zambezi basins: Enhancing environmental security or securitizing the environment?

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 237-261

  Fox, Coleen A ^a   Sneddon, Chris ^b  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental security; International watercourse law; Mekong River basin; Sovereignty; Transboundary river basin; Zambezi River basin

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; INTERNATIONAL LAW; RIVER BASIN; SECURITY; SOVEREIGNTY; TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; MEKONG BASIN; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBEZI RIVER;

EID: 34547788646     PISSN: 15679764     EISSN: 15731553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10784-007-9036-4     Document Type: Article

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