Node and regime: Interdisciplinary analysis of water-energy-food nexus in the Mekong region

Water Alternatives

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 655-674

  Foran, Tira ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complex systems; Critical social science; Energy; Food security; Mekong region; Nexus; Water

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84922309485     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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