The Lower Mekong

Author : Ian Charles Campbell
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 0080920632

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The Mekong by Ian Charles Campbell Pdf

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 : C. Hart Schaaf,Russell Hunt Fifield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Mekong River Valley
ISBN : UCAL:$B555418

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The Lower Mekong by C. Hart Schaaf,Russell Hunt Fifield Pdf

Author : Terry C.H. Sunderland,Jeffrey Sayer,Hoang Thi Minh Ha
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781136469237

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Evidence-based Conservation by Terry C.H. Sunderland,Jeffrey Sayer,Hoang Thi Minh Ha Pdf

There is a considerable gap between the science of conservation biology and the design and execution of biodiversity conservation projects in the field. Science is often failing to inform the practice of conservation, which remains largely experience-based. The main reason is the poor accessibility of evidence on the effectiveness of different interventions. This is the basis for this book adopting an 'evidence-based approach', modelled on the systematic reviews used in health sciences and now being applied to many policy arenas. Evidence-based Conservation brings together a series of case studies, written by field practitioners, that provides the evidence-base for evaluating how effective conservation and poverty alleviation strategies can be better implemented. A series of systematic reviews uses experiences and data from fifteen integrated conservation and development projects conducted in the Lower Mekong region, specifically in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. They provide wide-ranging overviews of the effectiveness of protected areas and how innovative tools and methods for monitoring and evaluation can be utilised for more effective outcomes. Results are in the form of management and policy recommendations, based on the quality of evidence and the cost-utility of the intervention. By bridging the gap between field practice and conservation, the analysis should lead to more effective integrated conservation and development interventions. The book represents one of the first attempts to apply the evidence-based approach to conservation and development.

Author : W. R. Derrick Sewell,Gilbert F. White
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Mekong River
ISBN : CORNELL:31924000013205

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The Lower Mekong by W. R. Derrick Sewell,Gilbert F. White Pdf

Author : Thim Ly
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9783643108340

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Planning the Lower Mekong Basin by Thim Ly Pdf

The Center for Development Research (ZEF) is an international and interdisciplinary research institute of the University of Bonn, Germany. This book focuses on how various social actors influence the planning process for Se San River Basin's management in response to the effect of Vietnamese Yali-Falls dam on Cambodian local communities' livelihoods. The author examined why responses employed by dam development agencies produce a particular outcome. He attempted to demonstrate their strategies and cultural means in taking control over negotiation process to win the battle for expanding hydropower exploitation in the Se San River for maximum economic gain. The organizing responses by local communities and their distant supporters are constrained and resisted by politics, resources and strategies of dam promoting agencies.

Author : United States. Bureau of Reclamation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Mekong River
ISBN : UOM:39015006138443

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Lower Mekong River Basin by United States. Bureau of Reclamation Pdf

Author : Hong Quan Nguyen,Heiko Apel,Quang Bao Le,Minh Tu Nguyen,Venkataramana Sridhar
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2024-04-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780323914505

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The Mekong River Basin by Hong Quan Nguyen,Heiko Apel,Quang Bao Le,Minh Tu Nguyen,Venkataramana Sridhar Pdf

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 : Joakim Öjendal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Water resources development
ISBN : UOM:39015050309007

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Sharing the Good by Joakim Öjendal Pdf

Author : Nola Cooke,Tana Li
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0742530833

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Water Frontier by Nola Cooke,Tana Li Pdf

This innovative book rethinks the eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century history of coastal and riverine southwest Indochina, the 'water frontier' of the title. It repositions old state-centered histories to reveal the region as a single, multiethnic economic zone knit together by the itineraries of junk traders and by the activities of many southern Chinese, settlers, sojourners, and merchants, whose local significance it explores. In so doing, it pioneers a new, nationally-neutral way of perceiving this dynamic region.

Author : Rob Cramb
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811509988

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White Gold: The Commercialisation of Rice Farming in the Lower Mekong Basin by Rob Cramb Pdf

This open access book is about understanding the processes involved in the transformation of smallholder rice farming in the Lower Mekong Basin from a low-yielding subsistence activity to one producing the surpluses needed for national self-sufficiency and a high-value export industry. For centuries, farmers in the Basin have regarded rice as “white gold”, reflecting its centrality to their food security and well-being. In the past four decades, rice has also become a commercial crop of great importance to Mekong farmers, augmenting but not replacing its role in securing their subsistence. This book is based on collaborative research to (a) compare the current situation and trajectories of rice farmers within and between different regions of the Lower Mekong, (b) explore the value chains linking rice farmers with new technologies and input and output markets within and across national borders, and (c) understand the changing role of government policies in facilitating the on-going evolution of commercial rice farming. An introductory section places the research in geographical and historical context. Four major sections deal in turn with studies of rice farming, value chains, and policies in Northeast Thailand, Central Laos, Southeastern Cambodia, and the Mekong Delta. The final section examines the implications for rice policy in the region as a whole.

Author : Committee for Coordination of Investigations of the Lower Mekong Basin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Mekong River Valley
ISBN : UOM:39015042043078

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Joint Declaration of Principles for Utilization of the Waters of the Lower Mekong Basin by Committee for Coordination of Investigations of the Lower Mekong Basin Pdf

Author : Mart A. Stewart,Peter A. Coclanis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319904009

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Water and Power by Mart A. Stewart,Peter A. Coclanis Pdf

This book brings together a talented international group of scholars, policy practitioners, and NGO professionals that explores a range of issues relating to environmental, developmental, and governing challenges on the Mekong, one of the world’s greatest rivers and, alas, one of the most endangered. The book is divided into three sections devoted in turn to historical perspectives on the Lower Mekong Basin. Issues relate to livelihood strategies, environmental threats, and adaptation strategies; and various aspects of river governance, with individual authors treating questions of governance at different levels of refraction and in different registers. The result is a fresh and innovative collection of essays, which, taken together, provide much-needed new perspectives on some of the most important and seemingly intractable environmental and development issues in contemporary Asia.

Author : Milton E. Osborne
Publisher : New Society Publishers
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015059551971

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River at Risk by Milton E. Osborne Pdf

This Paper delves into the conflict in the Mekong between countries' desire for hydroelectric power to satisfy soaring demand and the Mekong's fragile ecosystem and role as a primary food source. Over 70 million people depend directly on the river for their livelihood. Effective regional governance of the Mekong is needed but is not forthcoming.

Author : Committee for Coordination of Investigations of the Lower Mekong Basin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Mekong River Valley
ISBN : UOM:39015084626467

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Semi-annual Report - Committee for Coordination of Investigations of the Lower Mekong Basin by Committee for Coordination of Investigations of the Lower Mekong Basin Pdf

Author : Joakim Öjendal,Stina Hansson,Sofie Hellberg
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9400704763

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Politics and Development in a Transboundary Watershed by Joakim Öjendal,Stina Hansson,Sofie Hellberg Pdf

Water - and its governance - is becoming a global concern partly because it is turning into a goods in short supply, with devastating effects on literally billions of people, but also because it is the "carrier" of global warming; whether through irregular weather patterns or through flooding, water is how global warming will be 'felt'. The lion's share of the globally available fresh water resources is to be found in transboundary systems. In spite of its significance, the generated knowledge on how to deal with transboundary waters is weak and leaves policy makers with seemingly unavoidable, trade-off dilemmas and prioritizations, often with detrimental effects. In order to disentangle this predicament this volume works with one case: the Lower Mekong Basin and covers state-of-the-art academic and practitioners' knowledge and hence appeals to a wide audience. The topic this volume addresses is situated in the nexus of an IR- (International Relations) approach focussing on transboundary politics and its inclination to remain within the sphere of state sovereignty and national interest on the one hand, and Development studies, with its imperatives on participation, planning, and intervention, on the other. The dilemma, we argue, of better understanding transboundary water management lies in how to understand how these two rationalities can be simultaneously nurtured. Audience: This book will be relevant to scholars, as it provides cutting-edge research, and students, since it covers the primary debates in the field, interested in resource management, regional politics, and development issues in the area. It also addresses the global debate on transboundary water management and presents an in-depth case of one of the globally most sophisticated attempts at pursuing sustainable river basin management. Finally, practitioners and policymakers would benefit greatly because all contributions have explicit policy relevance, launching suggestion on improvements in water management.