'States' of scarcity: Water, space, and identity politics in Israel, 1948-59

Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 959-982

  Alatout, Samer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRALIZATION; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 65949085582     PISSN: 02637758     EISSN: 14723433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/d1106     Document Type: Article

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