The Mekong River Basin
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Author |
: Ian Charles Campbell |
Publisher |
: Academic Press |
Total Pages |
: 647 |
Release |
: 2009-11-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780080920634 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0080920632 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Mekong by : Ian Charles Campbell
The Mekong is the most controversial river in Southeast Asia, and increasingly the focus of international attention. It flows through 6 counties, China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam. The 4 downstream countries have formed the Mekong River Commission to promote sustainable development of the river and many of their people depend on it for their subsistence ? it has possible the largest freshwater fishery in the world, and the Mekong waters support rice agriculture in the delta in Viet Nam (which produces about 40% of that country's food) as well as in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. China is now building the first large mainstream dam on the river, and has proposals for several more. These dams are likely to affect the downstream countries. Several of the downstream countries also have plans for large scale hydropower and irrigation development which could also impact the river. This book will provide a solid overview of the biophysical environment of the Mekong together with a discussion of the possible impacts, biophysical, economic and social, of some possible development scenarios. It is intended to provide a technical basis which can inform the growing political and conservation debate about the future of the Mekong River, and those who depend on it. It is aimed at river ecologists, geographers, environmentalists and development specialists both in the basin and (especially) outside for whom access to this material is most difficult. This book will be the first comprehensive treatment of the Mekong system. - The first comprehensive overview of all aspects of the Mekong River system - Deals with a regionally critical ecosystem and one under threat - The Mekong supports the world's largest freshwater fishery and provides water underpinning a major regional rice paddy system - Presents the authoritative findings of the Mekong River Commission's research for a wider audience for the first time outside of limited distribution reports
Author |
: Hong Quan Nguyen |
Publisher |
: Elsevier |
Total Pages |
: 674 |
Release |
: 2024-04-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780323914505 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0323914500 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Mekong River Basin by : Hong Quan Nguyen
The Mekong River Basin: Ecohydrological Complexity from Catchment to Coast, Volume Three presents real facts, data and predictions for quantifying human-induced changes throughout the Mekong watershed, including its estuaries and coasts, and proposes solutions to decrease or mitigate the negative effect and enable sustainable development. This is the first work to link socio–ecological interaction study over the whole Mekong River basin through the lens of ecohydrology. Each chapter is written by a leading expert, with coverage on climate change, groundwater, land use, flooding drought, biodiversity and anthropological issues. Human activities are enormous in the whole watershed and are still increasing throughout the catchment, with severe negative impacts on natural resources are emerging. Among these activities, hydropower dams, especially a series of 11 dams in China, are the most critical as they generate massive changes throughout the system, including in the delta and to the livelihoods of millions of people and they threaten sustainability. - Presents an extensive collection of eco-hydrological changes in the river basin driven by both nature and anthropological factors - Provides state of the art modeling, data analysis methodologies for complex socio-ecological complexity applied in the Mekong river basin - Includes specific cases of ecohydrology in the river basin, especially from the Mekong delta
Author |
: Ben Boer |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 301 |
Release |
: 2015-12-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317657781 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317657780 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Mekong: A Socio-legal Approach to River Basin Development by : Ben Boer
An international river basin is an ecological system, an economic thoroughfare, a geographical area, a font of life and livelihoods, a geopolitical network and, often, a cultural icon. It is also a socio-legal phenomenon. This book is the first detailed study of an international river basin from a socio-legal perspective. The Mekong River Basin, which sustains approximately 70 million people across Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, provides a prime example of the socio-legal complexities of governing a transboundary river and its tributaries. The book applies its socio-legal analysis to bring a fresh approach to understanding conflicts surrounding water governance in the Mekong River Basin. The authors describe the wide range of uses being made of legal doctrine and legal argument in ongoing disputes surrounding hydropower development in the Basin, putting to rest lingering caricatures of a single, ‘ASEAN’ way of navigating conflict. They call into question some of the common assumptions concerning the relationship between law and development. The book also sheds light on important questions concerning the global hybridization or crossover of public and private power and its ramifications for water governance. With current debates and looming conflicts over water governance globally, and over shared rivers in particular, these issues could not be more pressing.
Author |
: United States. Bureau of Reclamation |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 294 |
Release |
: 1956 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015006138443 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lower Mekong River Basin by : United States. Bureau of Reclamation
Author |
: Hiroshi Hori |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 432 |
Release |
: 2000 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCSD:31822031325848 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Mekong by : Hiroshi Hori
Hori, a consulting engineer, describes the ecosystem, flow, and water quality along the Mekong River basin, as well as current conditions and future possibilities for development. He then relates what water management has been done in the Mekong, and why, demonstrating how international thinking and action have evolved since 1958. Over the years, more attention has been given to the social and economic condition of the indigenous people, investigations into the relationships between human activity and the quality of ecosystem processes has changed, and methods of assessing the need for hydroelectric power and the consequences of proposed reservoirs has evolved. c. Book News Inc.
Author |
: Joakim Öjendal |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 366 |
Release |
: 2000 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015050309007 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sharing the Good by : Joakim Öjendal
Author |
: Hui Liu |
Publisher |
: Springer Nature |
Total Pages |
: 186 |
Release |
: 2020-06-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789811520068 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9811520062 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis Flood Prevention and Drought Relief in Mekong River Basin by : Hui Liu
This book provides an overview of flood and drought in the Lower Mekong Basin, reviews the characteristics of flood and drought, and details structural and non-structural measures for flood and drought mitigation employed in the basin countries, as well as their flood and drought mitigation capacity. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable resource for researchers and engineers in the field of transboundary rivers, especially those with an interest in the Lower Mekong River.
Author |
: Claudia Ringler |
Publisher |
: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften |
Total Pages |
: 288 |
Release |
: 2001 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCSD:31822029889540 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis Optimal Allocation and Use of Water Resources in the Mekong River Basin by : Claudia Ringler
With the goals of describing trade-offs and complements in water use and efficient allocation strategies, this study analyzes multi-country and intersectoral water allocation and use at the river basin level. It describes the river basin as a unit of analysis and management, outlines integrated economic-hydraulic water modeling at the basin scale, discusses the valuation of water resources, determines the water availability and use in the Mekong river basin, considers the influence of the Mekong regime, and details a program of optimal allocation. Ringler is affiliated with the International Food Policy Research Institute. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR.
Author |
: Rémy Kinna |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 92 |
Release |
: 2017-05-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789004345706 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9004345701 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Governance Regime of the Mekong River Basin by : Rémy Kinna
Entry into force of the UN Watercourses Convention in August 2014, and the opening of the UNECE Water Convention to all states in March 2016, are significant milestones in international water law. A comparative analysis of these two global water conventions and the 1995 Mekong Agreement reveals that all three instruments are generally compatible. Nonetheless, the international legal principles and processes set forth in the two conventions can render the Mekong Agreement more up-to-date, robust and practical. The Governance Regime of the Mekong River Basin: Can the Global Water Conventions Strengthen the 1995 Mekong Agreement? contends that strengthening the Agreement would be timely, given the increasing pressures associated with the rapid hydropower development within the basin and the gradually emerging disputes therein. Due to these fast-moving developments, Kinna and Rieu-Clarke strongly recommend that the Mekong states should seriously consider joining both conventions in order to buttress and clarify key provisions of the 1995 Mekong Agreement.
Author |
: Bennett L. Bearden |
Publisher |
: International Water Law |
Total Pages |
: 265 |
Release |
: 2018 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9004362592 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9789004362598 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis Following the Proper Channels by : Bennett L. Bearden
In Following the Proper Channels: Tributaries in the Mekong Legal Regime, Bennett Bearden offers in-depth policy and legal analyses of the marginalization of tributaries in the context of the 1995 Agreement on the Cooperation for the Sustainable Development of the Mekong River Basin, law of international watercourses, hydrosovereignty, and the national economic development interests of the Mekong riparians. As a problem-based study, enlightening conclusions are made based on the increasingly state-centric nature of water resources management in the Mekong region through pursuit of national agendas in the unilateral and bilateral development of tributaries. The overarching legal and hydropolicy issue is whether states can simultaneously pursue hydrosovereignty on tributaries and ensure the Mekong legal regime's efficacy to achieve holistic water resources management and basin-wide governance.