The changing political dynamics of dam building on the Mekong

Water Alternatives

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 312-323

  Hirsch, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dams; Eco politics; Geopolitics; Mekong; WCD

Indexed keywords

DAM CONSTRUCTION; FINANCE; GEOPOLITICS; HEGEMONY; LANDSCAPE; POLITICAL CHANGE; PROTECTED AREA; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; TRIBUTARY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER PLANNING;

MEKONG BASIN;

EID: 77956645320     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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