Transboundary water justice: A combined reading of literature on critical transboundary water interaction and 'justice', for analysis and diplomacy

Water Policy

Volumn 16, Issue , 2014, Pages 174-193

  Zeitoun, Mark ^a   Warner, Jeroen ^b   Mirumachi, Naho ^c   Matthews, Nathanial ^d   McLaughlin, Karis ^e   Woodhouse, Melvin ^f   Cascão, Ana ^g   Allan, Tony J A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Research Programme on Water Land and Ecosystems CGIAR   (Sri Lanka)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f LTS International ^*  (United Kingdom)

^g Stockholm International Water Institute   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental justice; Hydro diplomacy; Hydro hegemony; Justice; Transboundary water; Water politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920059003     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2014.111     Document Type: Article

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