Transboundary water policies: Assessment, comparison and enhancement

Water Resources Management

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1069-1087

  Ma, Jing ^a   Hipel, Keith W ^a   De, Mitali ^b   Cai, Jun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dispute settlement; Elimination method; Enforcement capability; Multiple criterion decision making; Transboundary water policy analysis

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; BUSINESS MEDIA; CONFLICT RESOLUTIONS; DISPUTE AVOIDANCE; IN ORDER; INTERNATIONAL (CO); MEKONG RIVER; MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS; MULTIPLE-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; SPRINGER (CO); TRANSBOUNDARY; TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS; UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE (UNECE); UNITED STATES; WATER POLICIES;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

DECISION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DISPUTE RESOLUTION; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; POLICY ANALYSIS; TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 46949093066     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-007-9211-y     Document Type: Article

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