The water-food-energy Nexus - Realising a new paradigm

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 533, Issue , 2016, Pages 533-540

  Smajgl, Alex ^a   Ward, John ^a   Pluschke, Lucie ^b  

^a Mekong Region Futures Institute   (Thailand)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy; Food; Mekong; Nexus; Sustainability; Water

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTS; FOOD SUPPLY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER;

ENERGY; FOOD SECURITY; LARGE-SCALE DEVELOPMENT; MEKONG; NEXUS; RIPPLE EFFECTS;

INVESTMENTS;

ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOOD SECURITY; INVESTMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PARADIGM SHIFT; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER RESOURCE;

MEKONG BASIN;

EID: 84952838089     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.12.033     Document Type: Article

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