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Frauke Urban1, Giuseppina Siciliano1, Johan Nordensvard2

  • 1Center for Development, Environment and Policy (CeDEP), SOAS, University of London, London, UK.

International Journal of Water Resources Development
|September 21, 2018
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China’s dam-buildersHydropowerMekongSouth-East Asiatransboundary river management

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