The Water-Food-Energy Nexus in the Mekong Region
Assessing Development Strategies Considering Cross-Sectoral and Transboundary Impacts
Authors: Smajgl, Alexander, Ward, John
Free Preview- 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
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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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Alexander Smajgl is researcher at CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Queensland, Australia.
- Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Mekong Region Connectivity
Pages 1-18
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Water Sector Analysis
Pages 19-60
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Food Security in the Wider Mekong Region
Pages 61-104
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Impacts of Natural Resource-Led Development on the Mekong Energy System
Pages 105-142
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Livelihoods and Migration
Pages 143-178
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The Water-Food-Energy Nexus in the Mekong Region
- Book Subtitle
- Assessing Development Strategies Considering Cross-Sectoral and Transboundary Impacts
- Authors
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- Alexander Smajgl
- John Ward
- Copyright
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media New York
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-4614-6120-3
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4614-6120-3
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-4614-6119-7
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XI, 231
- Number of Illustrations
- 42 b/w illustrations
- Topics
