Overview
Examines how climate change creates uncertainty regarding the continued supply of water to paddy cultivation
Provides detailed analyses of the paddy land and farming, rice production policies, consumption, and trade in the four countries
Assesses the Mekong River Commission’s role in promoting regional cooperation in developing and managing the water resources of the Lower Mekong Basin under the threats of climate change and mainstream dams
Discusses the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation mechanism and the new chapter of political, social, and economic change in the region, including the sustainable development of water resources and rice security
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Rice cultivation
- Mekong river water
- Climate change
- Mekong mainstream dams
- Regional cooperation
- Rice production
- Food security
- Water security
- Xayaburi dam
- Don Sahong dam
- Mekong River Commission
- Lower Mekong Basin
- Rice consumption
- Rice trade
- Mekong cooperation frameworks
- Greater Mekong Subregion
- Lower Mekong Initiative
- Mekong-Japan Summit
- Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Mechanism
- Paddy land
- sustainability
About this book
This book highlights rice and water resources security in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam – countries that share the international Mekong River, which is a source of both regional cooperation and conflict. It discusses the topography, population, economy, rice production and rice trade of these four riparian countries, and analyses the impacts of climate change, El Nino and La Nina, and the construction of Mekong mainstream dams on water resources and rice productivity. Further, this publication assesses the role of the Mekong River Commission, a river basin organization responsible for the sustainable development and water resource management of the Mekong, and examines regional cooperation frameworks such as the Lower Mekong Initiative, and the Mekong-Japan Summit. The book then explores the emerging role of China in promoting the Lancang-Mekong cooperation between China and Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam in developing the Mekong River Basin, which could determine the future water and rice security of the region.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Ms. Tuyet L. Cosslett
VA, USA
Mr. Patrick D. Cosslett
VA, USABibliographic Information
Book Title: Sustainable Development of Rice and Water Resources in Mainland Southeast Asia and Mekong River Basin
Authors: Tuyet L. Cosslett, Patrick D. Cosslett
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5613-0
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-5612-3Published: 05 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-5442-7Published: 30 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-5613-0Published: 21 September 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 148
Number of Illustrations: 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sustainable Development, Agriculture, Hydrology/Water Resources, Sustainability Management, Regional Development, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts