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Feb 27, 2017

Brief Chronicle of Water Wars: Search for Global Peace

Publication: Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Volume 143, Issue 7

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Volume 143Issue 7July 2017

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Received: Oct 10, 2016
Accepted: Dec 13, 2016
Published online: Feb 27, 2017
Published in print: Jul 1, 2017
Discussion open until: Jul 27, 2017

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Babak Zolghadr-Asli, S.M.ASCE [email protected]
M.Sc. Student, Dept. of Irrigation and Reclamation Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Univ. of Tehran, Karaj, 3158777871 Tehran, Iran. E-mail: [email protected]
Omid Bozorg-Haddad [email protected]
Professor, Dept. of Irrigation and Reclamation Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Univ. of Tehran, Karaj, 3158777871 Tehran, Iran (corresponding author). E-mail: [email protected]
Xuefeng Chu [email protected]
Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, North Dakota State Univ., Dept. 2470, Fargo, ND 58108-6050. E-mail: [email protected]

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