Mekong at the crossroads: Next steps for impact assessment of large dams

Ambio

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 319-324

  Keskinen, Marko ^a   Kummu, Matti ^a   Käkönen, Mira ^b   Varis, Olli ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAM CONSTRUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS;

MEKONG RIVER;

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; RIVER; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEKONG VALLEY; RIVERS;

EID: 84863105114     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-012-0261-x     Document Type: Article

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