The rise and implications of the water-energy-food nexus in Southeast Asia through an environmental justice lens

Water Alternatives

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 627-654

  Middleton, Carl ^a   Allouche, Jeremy ^b   Gyawali, Dipak ^c   Allen, Sarah ^d  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^c NEPAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nepal)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental justice; Nexus; Southeast Asia; Sustainable development; Water energy food

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84922295296     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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