Water, energy and food interactions-Challenges and opportunities

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 787-793

  Olsson, Gustaf ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

energy security; food security; water conflicts; water security; water energy nexus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884418033     PISSN: 20952201     EISSN: 2095221X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-013-0526-z     Document Type: Article

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