Climate change and security in the israeli-palestinian context

Journal of Peace Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 241-257

  Feitelson, Eran ^a   Tamimi, Abdelrahman ^b   Rosenthal, Gad ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Palestinian Hydrology Group for Water and Environmental Resources Development   (Israel)

^c Kivun Consulting   (Israel)

Author keywords

climate change; Israel; Middle East; Palestine; water

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856417317     PISSN: 00223433     EISSN: 14603578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022343311427575     Document Type: Article

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