Water resources data and information exchange in transboundary water treaties

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-199

  Gerlak, Andrea K ^a   Lautze, Jonathan ^b   Giordano, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Agreement; Data; Exchange; Information; International; Law; Sharing; Transboundary; Water

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; INTERNATIONAL LAW; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRADE AGREEMENT; TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 79955483281     PISSN: 15679764     EISSN: 15731553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10784-010-9144-4     Document Type: Article

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