The Mekong Game: Achieving an All-win Situation

Water Resources Management

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2611-2622

  Liao, Zhenliang ^a   Hannam, Phillip M ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cooperative game theory; Mekong river; Transboundary issue; Water resources use

Indexed keywords

DAMS; GAME THEORY;

COOPERATIVE GAME THEORY; MEKONG RIVER; MEKONG RIVER BASINS; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; ROUND TABLES; SHAPLEY VALUE; TRANS-BOUNDARY;

RIVERS;

DAM; GAME THEORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

MEKONG BASIN;

EID: 84876453390     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-013-0306-3     Document Type: Article

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