Data sharing in international transboundary contexts: The Vietnamese perspective on data sharing in the Lower Mekong Basin

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 536, Issue , 2016, Pages 351-364

  Thu, Hang Ngo ^a,b   Wehn, Uta ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Climate change; GEOSS; Integrated water resources management; Mekong river; Transboundary data sharing; Willingness to share data

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; RIVERS; WATER RESOURCES;

DATA SHARING; GEOSS; INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; MEKONG RIVER; WILLINGNESS TO SHARE;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS; STATE ROLE; TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

CAMBODIA; MEKONG BASIN; THAILAND; VIET NAM;

EID: 84961223569     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.02.035     Document Type: Article

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