Strategic environmental assessment as a tool to develop power in transboundary water basin settings

International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Granit, Jakob J ^a   King, R Michael ^b   Noël, Raymond ^c  

^a Stockholm International Water Institute   (Sweden)

^b SNC LAVALIN INC   (Canada)

^c Consultants Inc ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydropower; Indicative Power Development Plan; Nile Basin Initiative; Regional Integration; Strategic Environmental Assessments; Water Resources Development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891018835     PISSN: 19478402     EISSN: 19478410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jsesd.2011100101     Document Type: Article

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