Governance of Transboundary Aquifers: Balancing Efficiency, Equity and SustainabilityFootnote

 1. Parts of this article were adapted from contract work and a subsequent article by David B. Brooks and Julie Trottier on the water component of a draft Final Status Agreement between Israel and Palestine. A paper on this work appears in the Journal of Hydrology (382 (1–4), pp. 103–114, June 2010).

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