Hydropower development in the Mekong Region : political, socio-economic and environmental perspectives
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Hydropower development in the Mekong Region : political, socio-economic and environmental perspectives
(Earthscan studies in water resource management)(Earthscan from Routledge)
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015
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Description
The Mekong Basin is home to some 70 million people, for whom this great river is a source of livelihoods, the basis for their ecosystems and a foundation of their economies. But the Mekong is also currently undergoing enormous social, economic, and ecological change of which hydropower development is a significant driver. This book provides a basin-wide analysis of political, socio-economic and environmental perspectives of hydropower development in the Mekong Basin. It includes chapters from China, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Written by regional experts from some of the region's leading research institutions, the book provides an holistic analysis of the shifting socio-political contexts within which hydropower is framed, legitimised and executed. Drawing heavily on political ecologies and political economics to examine the economic, social, political and ecological drivers of hydropower, the book's basin wide approach illuminates how hydropower development, and its benefits and impacts, are linked multilaterally across the basin.
The research in the book is derived from empirical research conducted from 2012-2013 as part of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food's Mekong programme.
Table of Contents
1. On Dams, Demons and Development: The Political Intrigues of Hydropower Development in the Mekong Nathanial Matthews and Kim Geheb 2. Framing a Political Ecology of Mekong Basin Hydropower Development Nathanial Matthews and Kim Geheb 3. A Political Ecology of Hydropower Development in China Zha Daojiong 4. From Manwan to Nuozhadu: the political ecology of hydropower on China's Lancang Jiang Xing Lyu 5. From Pak Mun to Xayaburi: The Backwater and Spillover of Thailand's Hydropower Politics Jakkrit Sangkhamanee 6. The Invisible Dam: Hydropower and its narration in the Lao People's Democratic Republic Kim Geheb, Niki West and Nathanial Matthews 7. Whose Risky Business?: Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) and Large Hydropower Dams in the Mekong Region Carl Middleton, Nathanial Matthews, and Naho Mirumachi 8. The Politics of the Lower Sesan 2 Dam in Cambodia Kimkong Ham, Samchan Hay and Thea Sok 9. Rethinking development narratives on hydropower in Vietnam Nga Dao and Bui Lien Phuong
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