Demand, supply, and restraint: Determinants of domestic water conflict and cooperation

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 337-348

  Böhmelt, Tobias ^a,b   Bernauer, Thomas ^b   Buhaug, Halvard ^c,d   Gleditsch, Nils Petter ^c,d   Tribaldos, Theresa ^b   Wischnath, Gerdis ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OSLO PRIO   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Demand; Restraint; Supply; Water conflict; Water cooperation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923392384     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.11.018     Document Type: Article

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