Policy considerations for greenhouse gas emissions from freshwater reservoirs

Water Alternatives

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-105

  Mäkinen, Kirsi ^a   Khan, Shahbaz ^b  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNESCO   (France)

Author keywords

Climate policy; Dam; Greenhouse gas emissions; Policy intervention; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EMISSION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION POLICY; RESERVOIR; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLAND;

EID: 77956636716     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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