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Indicators of Water Resources-National Security Policy Linkagesby Steve Pittman, M.S., and Daene C. McKinney, Ph.D., P.E. ABSTRACT Water resources and national security policies have become entwined in several international river basins. This linkage creates additional constraints for the water resources professional that might be avoided if it were possible to predict where such linkages could occur and to adopt policies to forestall that eventuality. The author summarizes four international river basin case studies, suggests common factors, reviews other authors’ suggested indicators of conflict and suggests several more indicators and a framework that may refine predictions of a linkage between national security and water resources. The highlighted links that follow are connected to Adobe pdf files of the corresponding material. To view them you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0. View the Report...(1571 KB)
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