Hydropower ambitions of South Asian nations and China: Ganges and brahmaputra rivers basins

International Journal of Sustainable Society

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 131-157

  Rahaman, Muhammad Mizanur ^a,b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Bhutan; Brahmaputra; China; Conflict; Cooperation; Ganges; Hydropower; India; Nepal; Rivers basins; South Asia; Water resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857345370     PISSN: 17562538     EISSN: 17562546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSOC.2012.044670     Document Type: Article

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