Water-energy-food nexus within the framework of international water law

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 5396-5415

  Belinskij, Antti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

International water law; Mekong River; Principle of equitable and reasonable utilisation; Right to food; Right to water; Transboundary cooperation; Water uses; Water energy food nexus

Indexed keywords

ENERGY SECURITY;

INTERNATIONAL WATERS; MEKONG RIVER; PRINCIPLE OF EQUITABLE AND REASONABLE UTILISATION; TRANS-BOUNDARY; WATER ENERGY; WATER USE;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84949227427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w7105396     Document Type: Article

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