Challenging hydro-hegemony: hydro-politics and local resistance in the Golan Heights and the Palestinian territories

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Challenging hydro-hegemony : hydro-politics and local resistance in the Golan Heights and the Palestinian territories. / Wessels, Josepha Ivanka.

In: International Journal of Environmental Studies, Vol. 72, No. 4, 19.05.2015, p. 601-623.

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Wessels, JI 2015, 'Challenging hydro-hegemony: hydro-politics and local resistance in the Golan Heights and the Palestinian territories', International Journal of Environmental Studies, vol. 72, no. 4, pp. 601-623. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207233.2015.1041836

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Wessels, J. I. (2015). Challenging hydro-hegemony: hydro-politics and local resistance in the Golan Heights and the Palestinian territories. International Journal of Environmental Studies, 72(4), 601-623. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207233.2015.1041836

Vancouver

Wessels JI. Challenging hydro-hegemony: hydro-politics and local resistance in the Golan Heights and the Palestinian territories. International Journal of Environmental Studies. 2015 May 19;72(4):601-623. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207233.2015.1041836

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Wessels, Josepha Ivanka. / Challenging hydro-hegemony : hydro-politics and local resistance in the Golan Heights and the Palestinian territories. In: International Journal of Environmental Studies. 2015 ; Vol. 72, No. 4. pp. 601-623.

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