Water-energy-food nexus in a transboundary river basin: The case of Tonle Sap Lake, Mekong River Basin

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 5416-5436

  Keskinen, Marko ^a   Someth, Paradis ^b   Salmivaara, Aura ^a   Kummu, Matti ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b Pasteur Institute of Cambodia   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cross sectoral collaboration; Integrated planning; Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM); Science policy stakeholder interaction; Transboundary rivers; Transboundary water energy food nexus

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD SUPPLY; LAKES; RIVERS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

CROSS-SECTORAL COLLABORATION; INTEGRATED PLANNING; INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; SCIENCE POLICIES; TRANS-BOUNDARY RIVERS; TRANSBOUNDARY WATER;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84949206501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w7105416     Document Type: Article

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