Climate change and the institutional resilience of international river basins

Journal of Peace Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 193-209

  de Stefano, Lucia ^a   Duncan, James ^a   Dinar, Shlomi ^b   Stahl, Kerstin ^c   Strzepek, Kenneth M ^d   Wolf, Aaron T ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; freshwater treaties; resilience; river basin organizations; transboundary; water variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856443087     PISSN: 00223433     EISSN: 14603578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022343311427416     Document Type: Article

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