Climate change and International River Boundaries: Fixed points in shifting sands

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 835-848

  Grainger, Sam ^a,b   Conway, Declan ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); ECOSYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; WATER RESOURCES;

CHANGING CLIMATE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONFLICTS OF INTEREST; EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS; POLITICAL STRUCTURE; SOCIAL DIMENSIONS; STRATEGIC ISSUES; TRANSBOUNDARY WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84911490808     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.306     Document Type: Article

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