The politics of water transfer between South Africa and lesotho: Bilateral cooperation in the lesotho highlands water project

Water International

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 558-570

  Mirumachi, Naho ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benefits and dependence; Cooperation; Lesotho Highlands Water Project; Orange River basin; Riparian relations; Water transfer scheme

Indexed keywords

EID: 45249121748     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2007.9709688     Document Type: Article

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