Water-energy-food nexus in Large Asian River Basins

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Keskinen, Marko ^a   Varis, Olli ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Energy security; Food security; Mekong; River basin; South Asia; Southeast Asia; Transboundary river; Transboundary water energy food nexus; Water security; Water energy food nexus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994440018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w8100446     Document Type: Editorial

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