Scarcity and cooperation along international rivers

Global Environmental Politics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Dinar, Shlomi ^a  

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Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE SECTOR; ECONOMETRICS; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RIVER; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EID: 65349148014     PISSN: 15263800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/glep.2009.9.1.109     Document Type: Article

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