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Transboundary Impact Assessment in the Sesan River Basin: The Case of the Yali Falls Dam

Andrew B. Wyatt Australian Mekong Resource Centre, University of Sydney, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ian G. Baird Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Pages 427-442 | Published online: 19 Nov 2007

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