The dam industry, the World Commission on Dams and the HSAF process

Water Alternatives

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 58-70

  Bosshard, Peter ^a  

^a International Rivers Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil society; Dams; Hydropower; Hydropower sustainability assessment forum (HSAF); International hydropower association (IHA); World Commission on Dams (WCD)

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; CERTIFICATION; CIVIL SOCIETY; DAM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WATER INDUSTRY;

EID: 77956636591     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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