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The Water-Food-Energy Nexus in the Mekong Region

Assessing Development Strategies Considering Cross-Sectoral and Transboundary Impacts

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  • © 2013

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Editors:
  1. Alexander Smajgl

    1. CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Townsville, Australia

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  2. John Ward

    1. CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Townsville, Australia

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  • 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

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Mekong Region Connectivity

    • Alex Smajgl, John Ward
    Pages 1-18

  3. Water Sector Analysis

    • Sokhem Pech
    Pages 19-60

  4. Food Security in the Wider Mekong Region

    • David Fullbrook
    Pages 61-104

  5. Impacts of Natural Resource-Led Development on the Mekong Energy System

    • Tira Foran
    Pages 105-142

  6. Livelihoods and Migration

    • Lilao Bouapao
    Pages 143-178

  7. Land-Use Change in the Mekong Region

    • Lu Xing
    Pages 179-189

  8. Mining in the Mekong Region

    • Kate Lazarus
    Pages 191-208

  9. Cross-Sectoral Assessment

    • Alex Smajgl, John Ward
    Pages 209-222

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 223-231
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​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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Townsville, Australia

    Alexander Smajgl, John Ward

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Alexander Smajgl is researcher at CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Queensland, Australia.

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