The delta machine: Water management in the vietnamese mekong delta in historical and contemporary perspectives

Contested Waterscapes in the Mekong Region: Hydropower, Livelihoods and Governance

Volumn 9781849770866, Issue , 2012, Pages 203-226

  Molle, François ^d   Miller, Fiona ^b   Hoanh, Chu Thai ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c International Water Management Institute   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEKONG DELTA; VIETNAMESE;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77951264488     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849770866     Document Type: Chapter

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