The potential of MRC to pursue IWRM in the mekong: Trade-offs and public participation

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 61-82

  Cooper, Rachel ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84922318673     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0476-3_4     Document Type: Chapter

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