Peaceful management of international river claims

International Negotiation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 393-418

  Brochmann, Marit ^a,b   Hensel, Paul R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b PRIO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict management; Freshwater; International institutions; Transboundary rivers; Treaties; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449416792     PISSN: 1382340X     EISSN: 15718069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157180609X432879     Document Type: Article

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