Hydrology vs sovereignty: Managing the hydrological interdependency of international rivers

Water Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 425-442

  Alam, Undala ^a   Dione, Ousmane ^b   Jeffrey, Paul ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Cranfield University ^*  (United States)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Guadiana river; Hydrological interdependency; International basins; Senegal river; Sovereignty; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958737186     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2010.119     Document Type: Article

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