Landscape transformations and new approaches to wetlands management in the nAm Songkhram River basin in Northeast Thailand

Contested Waterscapes in the Mekong Region: Hydropower, Livelihoods and Governance

Volumn 9781849770866, Issue , 2012, Pages 173-202

  Blake, David J H ^a   Friend, Richard ^a   Promphakping, Buapun ^b  

^a Khon Kaen University ^*

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

NEW APPROACHES; NORTHEAST THAILAND; RIVER BASINS;

EID: 84925746138     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849770866     Document Type: Chapter

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