The role of treaties in building international watercourse regimes: A legal perspective on existing knowledge

Water Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 822-831

  Rieu Clarke, Alistair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conflict; Cooperation; Global and regional regimes; Governance; International law; International politics; Transboundary rivers; Treaties

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651368533     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2010.039     Document Type: Review

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