Global environmental justice and international transboundary waters: An initial exploration

Geographical Journal

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 141-149

  Zeitoun, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distributive justice; Environmental justice; Hydropolitics; Jordan River; Nile River; Power; Procedural justice; Transboundary water; Water justice

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; GLOBALIZATION; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

JORDAN RIVER; NILE RIVER;

EID: 84877326189     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: 14754959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2012.00487.x     Document Type: Article

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