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The Franco-Swiss Rhône: A Story of Twists, Turns and Tensions

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The sixth and final chapter recaps the book’s main contributions. It presents some of the major lessons that can be drawn from the case of the Rhône and highlights what the book has to offer in analysing and building knowledge of transboundary river basin governance.

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Bréthaut, C., Pflieger, G. (2020). The Franco-Swiss Rhône: A Story of Twists, Turns and Tensions. In: Governance of a Transboundary River. Palgrave Studies in Water Governance: Policy and Practice. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19554-0_6

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