Politics and development in a Transboundary watershed: The case of the lower Mekong Basin

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-18

  Hansson, Stina ^a   Hellberg, Sofie ^a   Öjendal, Joakim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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EID: 84922281658     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0476-3_1     Document Type: Chapter

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