Mekong hydropower: Drivers of change and governance challenges

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 91-98

  Grumbine, R Edward ^a,b   Dore, John ^c   Xu, Jianchu ^a,d  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b PRESCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Australian Agency for International Development   (Australia)

^d WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOPERATIVE SECTOR; DAM CONSTRUCTION; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FISHERY; FLOW PATTERN; FOOD SECURITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; POLITICAL POWER; RIVER FLOW; WATER RESOURCE;

MEKONG RIVER; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84863338343     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/110146     Document Type: Review

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