Securitising shared waters: An analysis of the hydropolitical context of the Tanakpur Barrage project between Nepal and India

Geographical Journal

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 309-319

  Mirumachi, Naho ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental security; Ganges River basin; Hydropolitics; Securitisation; Transboundary waters

Indexed keywords

BARRAGE; HYDROLOGY; POLITICAL POWER; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RIVER BASIN; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

GANGES RIVER; INDIA; MAHAKALI; NEPAL;

EID: 84887025042     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: 14754959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geoj.12029     Document Type: Article

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