The Jordan River basin: At the crossroads between conflict and cooperation

International Journal of Sustainable Society

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 88-102

  Phillips, David J H ^a  

^a NONE   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Conflict; Cooperation; Economic development; Jordan River; Positive sum outcome; Trans boundary waters; Trans boundary waters opportunity analysis; TWO analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857283855     PISSN: 17562538     EISSN: 17562546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSOC.2012.044667     Document Type: Article

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