Contested Waterscapes in the Mekong Region: Hydropower, Livelihoods and Governance

Contested Waterscapes in the Mekong Region: Hydropower, Livelihoods and Governance
ISBN-10
1849770867
ISBN-13
9781849770866
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
449
Language
English
Published
2012
Publisher
Earthscan
Authors
François Molle, Tira Foran, Mira Kakonen

Description

The water resources of the Mekong river catchment area, from China, through Thailand, Cambodia and Laos to Vietnam, are increasingly contested. Governments, companies and banks are driving new investment in roads, dams, diversions, irrigation schemes, navigation facilities, power plants and other emblems of conventional "development." Their plans and interventions pose multiple burdens and risks to the livelihoods of millions of people dependent on wetlands, floodplains, fisheries and aquatic resources.

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