Water Conflict Risk due to Water Resource Availability and Unequal Distribution

Water Resources Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 169-184

  Gunasekara, N K ^a   Kazama, S ^a   Yamazaki, D ^b   Oki, T ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Classification; Gini Coefficient; Inequality; Probability; Vulnerability; Water conflict

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CLIMATE CHANGE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

ECONOMIC CAPACITY; GINI COEFFICIENTS; INEQUALITY; INTERNATIONAL WATERS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; VULNERABILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER CONFLICT;

WATER RESOURCES;

CLASSIFICATION; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT; PROBABILITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; VULNERABILITY; WATER RESOURCE;

AFRICA; ASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84890869688     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-013-0478-x     Document Type: Article

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