Scenarios as boundary objects in the allocation of water resources and services in the Mekong region

Long-Term Governance for Social-Ecological Change

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 239-268

  Lebel, Louis ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

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EID: 84897507541     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203556160     Document Type: Chapter

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