Social construction of hydropolitics: The geographical scales of water and security in the Indus Basin

Geographical Review

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 484-501

  Mustafa, Daanish ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conflict; Hydropolitics; Indus Basin; Subnational scale; Water

Indexed keywords

BASIN MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PLANNING HISTORY; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL INSTABILITY; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SANITATION; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; VIOLENCE; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDUS BASIN; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 38049088995     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2007.tb00408.x     Document Type: Review

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