Impact of the Syrian refugee crisis on land use and transboundary freshwater resources

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 52, 2016, Pages 14932-14937

  Müller, Marc François ^a,b   Yoon, Jim ^a   Gorelick, Steven M ^a   Avisse, Nicolas ^c   Tilmant, Amaury ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conflict; Irrigation; Landsat; Remote sensing; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; RAIN;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); ISRAEL; JORDAN; LAND USE; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; REMOTE SENSING; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TRANSBOUNDARY FRESHWATER RESOURCE; WAR; WATER FLOW; WATER STRESS; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNIC CONFLICT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; PROCEDURES; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER CONSERVATION;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSERVATION OF WATER RESOURCES; ETHNIC VIOLENCE; FRESH WATER; HEALTH RESOURCES; ISRAEL; JORDAN; REFUGEES; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SYRIA;

EID: 85007427034     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1614342113     Document Type: Article

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