Interactions between water, energy, food and environment: Evolving perspectives and policy issues

Water Policy

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Hellegers, Petra ^a,b   Zilberman, David ^c   Steduto, Pasquale ^d   McCornick, Peter ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biofuels; Energy prices; Environment; Food security; Hydropower; Water policies; Water prices

Indexed keywords

EID: 40449126677     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2008.048     Document Type: Review

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