Water Governance Dynamics in the Mekong Region
| Author | : David J. H.. Blake |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 322 |
| Release | : 2016 |
| Genre | : Water resources development |
| ISBN | : 9789670960449 |
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Contested Waterscapes in the Mekong Region
| Author | : François Molle |
| Publisher | : Earthscan |
| Total Pages | : 449 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1849770867 |
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.
Water Governance and Collective Action
| Author | : Diana Suhardiman |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 234 |
| Release | : 2017-09-08 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1351705245 |
Collective Action is now recognized as central to addressing the water governance challenge of delivering sustainable development and global environmental benefits. This book examines concepts and practices of collective action that have emerged in recent decades globally. Building on a Foucauldian conception of power, it provides an overview of collective action challenges involved in the sustainable management and development of global freshwater resources through case studies from Africa, South and Southeast Asia and Latin America. The case studies link community-based management of water resources with national decision-making landscapes, transboundary water governance, and global policy discussion on sustainable development, justice and water security. Power and politics are placed at the centre of collective action and water governance discourse, while addressing three core questions: how is collective action shaped by existing power structures and relationships at different scales? What are the kinds of tools and approaches that various actors can take and adopt towards more deliberative processes for collective action? And what are the anticipated outcomes for development processes, the environment and the global resource base of achieving collective action across scales?
The Water-Food-Energy Nexus in the Mekong Region
| Author | : Alexander Smajgl |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 242 |
| Release | : 2013-05-18 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1461461200 |
This Brief provides a cross-sectional analysis of development-directed investments in the wider Mekong region. The wider Mekong region includes Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, and the Chinese province of Yunnan. Evidence highlights that a few critical dynamics, including human migration, natural resource flows, and financial investments, generate a high level of connectivity between these countries. Such high levels of connectivity increase complexity and the potential for ripple effects of national decisions. The emerging links between countries can unfold in financial investments, migration, or the flow of resources. As these links intensify the regional connectivity increases and over time a highly connected region can emerge, as experienced by the Mekong region. This Brief also contains a chapter at the end of the book featuring numerous charts and diagrams further illustrating the impact of development activities in the area.
Study Report on Wetland Agriculture and Water Management in the Mekong Region
| Author | : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| Publisher | : Food & Agriculture Org. |
| Total Pages | : 96 |
| Release | : 2020-08-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9251330956 |
Under FAO initiative on eco-friendly water management for sustainable wetland agriculture, the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), as the service provider, prepared the Study Report on Wetland Agriculture and Water Management in Mekong Region study report on wetland agriculture and water management in the Mekong Region for further program formulation. The overall objective is to review the current water management in relation to agriculture and identify the good practices and experiences of water management as a win-win solution for agriculture production and wetland conservation and recommend program formulation on eco-friendly water management for sustainable wetland agriculture. The expected outcome of the overall initiative is sustainable use of wetland to stress both productive and ecological functions of agriculture. The outputs aim to provide the solution as a win-win strategy for wetland and agriculture through eco-friendly water management, which will contribute to the ecological health, function and integrity of the Mekong Wetland Agriculture Ecosystem. Country consultation workshops were conducted for Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam to increase awareness on the issues of sustainable wetland management, and identify the threats, gaps and needs, priorities, and way forward towards sustainable use of wetlands in the Mekong Region.
Water Governance
| Author | : R.K. Mishra |
| Publisher | : Allied Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 267 |
| Release | : 2013-01-15 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 8184247524 |
This present volume contains 18 contributions, papers presented in four technical sessions during the national seminar on Governance and Management of water. The volume analyses the present crisis of water from different aspects and provides an opportunity to address the challenges on effective water governance and management. By focusing on different cases from around the country, the colume generates new ideas and hopes for probable of such challenges.
Irrigation and Water Policies in the Mekong Region
| Author | : François Molle |
| Publisher | : IWMI |
| Total Pages | : 47 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Irrigation |
| ISBN | : 9290906081 |
This report documents current irrigation and water policies in the Mekong countries. It successively reviews planning issues, water policies and legal frameworks, the setting up of water policy "apex bodies," participatory policies, and IWRM/river basin management.
The Development Dimension Innovation for Water Infrastructure Development in the Mekong Region
| Author | : OECD |
| Publisher | : OECD Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 133 |
| Release | : 2020-08-31 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9264902457 |
Water-related infrastructure could contribute significantly to the development of the Mekong region. At the same time, poor water infrastructure could lead to development challenges for the countries in the region. Innovation for Water Infrastructure Development in the Mekong Region discusses the challenges facing the region as well as the possible innovative policy options, including those used in Emerging Asian countries, and with reference to the experiences of OECD member countries.
Water Rights and Social Justice in the Mekong Region
| Author | : Kate Lazarus |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 286 |
| Release | : 2012-06-25 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1136538879 |
The Mekong Region has come to represent many of the important water governance challenges faced more broadly by the mainland Southeast Asian region. This book focuses on the complex nature of water rights and social justice in the Mekong region. The chapters delve into the diverse social, political and cultural dynamics that shape the various realities and scales of water governance in the region, in an effort to bring to the forefront some of the local nuances required in the formulation of a larger vision of justice in water governance. It is hoped that this contextualized analysis will deepen our understanding of the potential of, and constraints, on water rights in the region, particularly in relation to the need to realize social justice. The authors show how vitally important it is that water governance is democratized to allow a more equitable sharing of water resources and counteract the pressures of economic growth that may pose risks to social welfare and environmental sustainability.
The Volta River Basin
| Author | : Timothy O. Williams |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 376 |
| Release | : 2016-09-19 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 131747953X |
The Volta River Basin (VRB) is an important transboundary basin in West Africa that covers approximately 410,000 square kilometres across six countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali and Togo. Its natural resources sustain the livelihoods of its population and contribute to economic development. This book provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary review and assessment of the issues and challenges faced. The authors provide a science-based assessment of current and future scenarios of water availability, the demands of key sectors, including agriculture and hydropower, and the environment under changing demographic, economic, social and climatic conditions. They also identify solutions and strategies that will allow available water resources to be sustainably used to improve agricultural productivity, food security and economic growth in the VRB. Overall, the work examines from a multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder perspective the solutions and strategies to improve the use of water and other natural resources in the VRB to achieve enhanced food security, livelihoods and economic growth.
