Spatial and temporal dynamics of linkage strategies in Arab-Israeli water negotiations

Political Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-24

  Katz, David ^a   Fischhendler, Itay ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arab Israeli conflict; Negotiations; Policy linkage; Strategy; Transboundary; Water

Indexed keywords

NEGOTIATION PROCESS; POLICY STRATEGY; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION; WATER PLANNING;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; ISRAEL;

EID: 79951511640     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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