Regional options for addressing the water, energy and food nexus in Central Asia and the Aral Sea Basin

International Journal of Water Resources Development

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 419-432

  Granit, Jakob ^a   Jägerskog, Anders ^a   Lindström, Andreas ^a   Björklund, Gunilla ^b   Bullock, Andrew ^a   Löfgren, Rebecca ^a   de Gooijer, George ^a   Pettigrew, Stuart ^a  

^a Stockholm International Water Institute   (Sweden)

^b GeWa Consulting   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAL SEA; CENTRAL ASIA; PUBLIC GOODS; REGIONAL POWER MARKET; SOVIET UNION; UNILATERAL ACTIONS; WATER FLOWS;

TECHNOLOGY;

INVESTMENTS;

ENERGY; FOOD; WATER; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

ARAL SEA; CENTRAL ASIA;

EID: 84863714102     PISSN: 07900627     EISSN: 13600648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2012.684307     Document Type: Article

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