A global-scale framework for hydropower development incorporating strict environmental constraints

  1. Xu, Rongrong
  2. Zeng, Zhenzhong
  3. Pan, Ming
  4. Ziegler, Alan D.
  5. Holden, Joseph
  6. Spracklen, Dominick V.
  7. Brown, Lee E.
  8. He, Xinyue
  9. Chen, Deliang
  10. Ye, Bin
  11. Xu, Haiwei
  12. Jerez, Sonia 1
  13. Zheng, Chunmiao
  14. Liu, Junguo
  15. Lin, Peirong
  16. Yang, Yuan
  17. Zou, Junyu
  18. Wang, Dashan
  19. Gu, Mingyi
  20. Yang, Zongliang
  21. Li, Dongfeng
  22. Huang, Junling
  23. Lakshmi, Venkataraman
  24. Wood, Eric. F.
  1. 1 Universidad de Murcia
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    Universidad de Murcia

    Murcia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03p3aeb86

Revista:
Nature Water

ISSN: 2731-6084

Año de publicación: 2023

Volumen: 1

Número: 1

Páginas: 113-122

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1038/S44221-022-00004-1 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

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