Capturing the nature of cooperation, unstable cooperation and conflict over international rivers: The story of the Indus, Yarmouk, Euphrates and Tigris rivers

International Journal of Global Environmental Issues

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 286-310

  Zawahri, Neda A ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Cooperation; Euphrates river; Indus river; International rivers; Tigris river; Unstable cooperation; Water disputes; Yarmouk river

Indexed keywords

DISPUTE RESOLUTION; INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; VIOLENCE;

ASIA; EUPHRATES RIVER; EURASIA; INDUS RIVER; MIDDLE EAST; TIGRIS RIVER; YARMOUK RIVER;

EID: 44849090994     PISSN: 14666650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJGENVI.2008.018644     Document Type: Article

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