The Water-Food-Energy Nexus in the Mekong Region

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.

• Energy
• Food Security
• Mekong Region Connectivity
• Migration
• Natural Resource Investment
• water policy

• CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Townsville, Australia

  Alexander Smajgl, John Ward

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

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