Mekong at the crossroads: Alternative paths of water development and impact assessment

Politics and Development in a Transboundary Watershed: The Case of the Lower Mekong Basin

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 101-126

  Keskinen, Marko ^a   Kummu, Matti ^a   Käkönen, Mira ^a,b   Varis, Olli ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

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EID: 84919705621     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0476-3_6     Document Type: Chapter

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