Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management, Hydropower Development in the Mekong Region: Politics, Socio-economic and environmental perspectives
edited by Kim Geheb, fl. 2015 and Nathanial Matthews, fl. 2015, in Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management (Abingdon, England: Routledge (Publisher), 2015, originally published 2015), 219 page(s)
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- Abstract / Summary
- 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.
- Field of Interest
- Global Issues
- Copyright Message
- Copyright © 2015 Nathanial Matthews and Kim Geheb for selection and editorial matter. Individual contributors, their contributions.
- Content Type
- General reference book
- Duration
- 0 sec
- Warning: Contains explicit content
- No
- Format
- Text
- Original Publication Date
- 2015
- Page Count
- 219
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Publisher
- Routledge (Publisher)
- Place Published / Released
- Abingdon, England
- Subject
- Global Issues, Social Sciences, Environment and Social Issues, Environment and Ecological Issues, Three Gorges Dam, Water resources development, Renewable energy sources, Sustainable engineering, Politics & Policy, Ecology, Vietnã, Camboya, Camboja, Tailandia, Siam, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Burma, China, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
- Series / Program
- Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Vietnã, Camboya, Camboja, Tailandia, Siam, Myanmar