An agenda for deliberative water governance arenas in the Mekong

Water Policy

Volumn 16, Issue , 2014, Pages 194-214

  Dore, John ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arenas; Deliberation; Mekong; Water governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920011748     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2014.204     Document Type: Article

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