Lessons learned from the World Commission on Dams

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-190

  Fujikura, Ryo ^a   Nakayama, Mikiyasu ^b  

^a HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dams; Policy making; World Bank; World Commission on Dams

Indexed keywords

DAM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY MAKING; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL IMPACT; STANDARD (REGULATION); WORLD BANK;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67349285870     PISSN: 15679764     EISSN: 15731553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10784-009-9093-y     Document Type: Article

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