Water scarcity as a security issue has been analysed with an increasing interest since the 1980’s, mostly with an emphasis on the causal linkage between the shortages of water in a given locality and the possibility of conflict thereby (Gleick 1993; Westing 1986; Frey 1993).
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Aydin, M., Ereker, F. (2009). Water Scarcity and Political Wrangling: Security in the Euphrates and Tigris Basin. In: Brauch, H.G., et al. Facing Global Environmental Change. Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68488-6_44
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