Following the proper channels: Tributaries in the Mekong legal regime

Water Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 991-1014

  Bearden, Bennett L ^a  

^a Geological Survey of Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydropolicy; International water law; Mekong legal regime; Mekong River; River basins; Tributaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874755838     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2012.112     Document Type: Article

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