Shades of green energy: Geographies of small hydropower in Yunnan, China and the challenges of over-development

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  2018

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  Global Environmental Change-human and Policy Dimensions

• Publication date

  2018-03-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Business, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.GLOENVCHA.2017.10.010
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