Securitising sustainability? Questioning the 'water, energy and food-security nexus'

Water Alternatives

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 695-709

  Leese, Matthias ^a   Meisch, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development; Green economy; Nexus; Securitisation; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84922311521     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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