Water–energy–food nexus in a transboundary context: the Euphrates–Tigris river basin as a case study

Water International

Volumn 40, Issue 5-6, 2015, Pages 824-838

  Kibaroglu, Aysegül ^a   Gürsoy, Sezin Iba ^b  

^a MEF UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KIRKLARELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Euphrates Tigris river basin; Iraq; Syria; transboundary water politics; Turkey; water energy food (WEF) nexus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945437169     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2015.1078577     Document Type: Article

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