Sustainable transboundary groundwater management under shifting political scenarios: The ceylanpinar aquifer and Turkey-Syria relations

Water International

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 671-685

  Öztana, Mehmet ^a   Axelrodb, Mark ^b  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data integrated groundwater modelling; Peace and conflict; Ras al ain springs; Shared groundwater resources of Turkey and syria; Sustainable pumping; Transboundary ceylanpinar aquifer

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052282847     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2011.601546     Document Type: Article

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