The Jordan River basin: 1. Clarification of the allocations in the Johnston Plan

Water International

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-38

  Phillips, David J H ^a   Attili, Shaddad ^a   McCaffrey, Stephen ^b   Murray, John S ^c  

^a Adam Smith International   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^c CMPartners LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation; Johnston Plan; Jordan River; Transboundary watersheds; Water rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149058931     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060708691963     Document Type: Review

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