1st Edition

Hydropower Development in the Mekong Region Political, Socio-economic and Environmental Perspectives

Edited By Nathanial Matthews, Kim Geheb Copyright 2015
220 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

218 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

218 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The Mekong Basin is home to some 70 million people, for whom this great river is a source of livelihoods, the basis for their ecosystems and a foundation of their economies. But the Mekong is also currently undergoing enormous social, economic, and ecological change of which hydropower development is a significant driver. This book provides a basin-wide analysis of political, socio-economic and... Read more

1. On Dams, Demons and Development: The Political Intrigues of Hydropower Development in the Mekong 

Nathanial Matthews and Kim Geheb 

2. Framing a Political Ecology of Mekong Basin Hydropower Development 

Nathanial Matthews and Kim Geheb 

3. A Political Ecology of Hydropower Development in China 

Zha Daojiong 

4. From Manwan to Nuozhadu: the political ecology of hydropower on China’s Lançang Jiang 

Xing Lyu 

5. From Pak Mun to Xayaburi: The Backwater and Spillover of Thailand’s Hydropower Politics 

Jakkrit Sangkhamanee 

6. The Invisible Dam: Hydropower and its narration in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic 

Kim Geheb, Niki West and Nathanial Matthews 

7. Whose Risky Business?: Public–Private Partnerships (PPP), Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) and Large Hydropower Dams in the Mekong Region 

Carl Middleton, Nathanial Matthews, and Naho Mirumachi 

8. The Politics of the Lower Sesan 2 Dam in Cambodia

Kimkong Ham, Samchan Hay and Thea Sok 

9. Rethinking development narratives on hydropower in Vietnam 

Nga Dao and Bui Lien Phuong

Biography

Nathanial Matthews is Global Research Coordinator of the CGIAR Consortium Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems. Previously, he was a lecturer in the geography department at King’s College London, UK.

Kim Geheb is the Mekong Regional Coordinator for the CGIAR Consortium Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems, and is based in Vientiane, Lao PDR.