A review of the current state of research on the water, energy, and food nexus

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies

Volumn 11, Issue , 2017, Pages 20-30

  Endo, Aiko ^a   Tsurita, Izumi ^b   Burnett, Kimberly ^c   Orencio, Pedcris M ^d  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d Urban Disaster Risk Reduction Department   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Nexus keywords; Nexus region; Nexus stakeholders; Nexus type

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949644125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22145818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2015.11.010     Document Type: Article

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