International water negotiations under asymmetry, Lessons from the Rhine chlorides dispute settlement (1931-2004)

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-157

  Dieperink, Carel ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dispute settlement; Negotiations; Rhine; Water pollution; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION; CHLORIDE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; RIPARIAN ZONE; TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

NETHERLANDS; RHINE RIVER;

EID: 79955473832     PISSN: 15679764     EISSN: 15731553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10784-010-9129-3     Document Type: Article

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