Challenges for water sharing in the Nile basin: Changing geo-politics and changing climate;Défis pour le partage de l'eau dans le bassin du Nil: Évolutions géopolitiques et changement climatique

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 687-702

  Swain, Ashok ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

China; Climate change; Nile Basin Initiative; Nile River; Water conflicts; Water sharing

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; CHANGING CLIMATE; CHINA; ETHIOPIA; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; LONG-TERM CHANGES; LOW-INTENSITY CONFLICTS; NILE BASIN INITIATIVE; NILE RIVER; POWER POLITICS; RIVER SYSTEMS; WATER CONFLICTS; WATER DEVELOPMENT;

RIVERS; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOPOLITICS; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; RIVER MANAGEMENT; RUNOFF; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RELATIONS; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; EGYPT; ETHIOPIA; NILE BASIN; SUDAN;

EID: 79960359062     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2011.577037     Document Type: Article

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