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1 ESCAP. 1998. Towards efficient water use in urban areas in Asia and the Pacific. New York, NY, USA: UN. vi, 146p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G570 ESC Record No: H023125)
2 Dany, V.; Visvanathan, C.; Thanh, N. C. 2000. Evaluation of water supply systems in Phnom Penh City: A review of the present status and future prospects. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 16(4):677-689.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H027189)
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042883)
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Non-treated wastewater is used for irrigation of aquatic food production systems in the peri-urban areas of the major cities in Southeast Asia. This paper complement the knowledge on agricultural soil-based crops irrigated with low quality water, by reviewing the research findings on the wastewater-fed aquatic productions with special focus on heavy metals and other potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in the production systems of Hanoi in Vietnam and Phnom Penh in Cambodia. In Hanoi, sediments in the wastewater exposed rivers of Hanoi were reported to be polluted with PTEs, in particular with Cadmium (Cd). The river sediment had a high retention capacity for PTEs which seems to prevent the transport of PTEs to the wastewater-fed production systems. In Phnom Penh, domestic and industrial wastewater is pumped into the Cheung Ek Lake located south of the city. A major part of the water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica Forssk.) consumed in the city is produced in the lake. The concentrations of some PTEs were elevated at the wastewater inlets to the lake compared to concentrations at the lake outlet and at the control site. Water spinach is by far the major vegetable produced in the wastewater-fed systems in Hanoi and Phnom Penh, but did only contain PTEs in concentrations within or slightly above the concentration range observed for water spinach grown in agricultural soil not exposed to wastewater. PTE concentration in fish grown in wastewater-fed systems in Hanoi and Phnom were low. However, mean PTE concentrations in liver and skin of some fish were high. Consumption of muscle tissue from fish produced in wastewater-fed systems in Hanoi and Phnom Penh resulted in an estimated intake of PTEs amounting to less than 9% of the tolerable intake. It was concluded, that the PTE concentrations in fish and water spinach from Hanoi and Cheung Ek Lake in Phnom Penh constituted low food safety risks for consumers.
4 Kerbo, H. R. 2011. The persistence of Cambodian poverty: from the killing fields to today. Jefferson, NC, USA: McFarland. 222p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 959.6 G700 KER Record No: H046830)
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5 Widyono, B. 2008. Dancing in shadows: Sihanouk, the Khmer Rouge, and the United Nations in Cambodia. Lanham, MD, USA: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 322p. (Asian Voices)
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 959.6 G700 WID Record No: H046832)
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6 Strangio, S. 2014. Hun Sen’s Cambodia. New Haven, CT, USA: Yale University Press. 322p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 959.6 G700 STR Record No: H046834)
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7 Kummu, M.; Keskinen, M.; Varis, O. (Eds.) 2008. Modern myths of the Mekong: a critical review of water and development concepts, principles and policies. Espoo, Finland: Helsinki University of Technology (TKK). 187p. (Water and Development Publications 1)
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G800 KUM Record No: H047272)
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(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049122)
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Within South East Asia, certification and local market development may play an important role in incentivizing farmers to continue with nature-based solutions delivered by organic or traditional farming practices and avoid using environmentally detrimental production techniques. The purpose of this study is to use economic valuation in order to achieve an empirical understanding of local consumer preferences for different attributes of rice products. Application of the agrarian system approach reveals that rice cultivation systems observed in the Tonle Sape Lake of the Mekong River Basin in Cambodia (our study case) may target three ecosystem services that present the characteristics of public goods and may benefit consumer support. A choice experiment survey was administered among local consumers in the city of Phnom Penh in 2013. Econometric analysis indicates high rate of non-attendance for the price attribute. It also suggests that 17% of the respondents made their choices neglecting attributes describing ecosystem services. However, there are evidence of consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) for certified organic rice higher than the price-premium observed on the local market. Furthermore, there is additional WTP value for the preservation of ecosystem services. We discuss the implications of our findings on potential payment for ecosystem services in the specific case of rice.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049280)
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After years of civil war, Cambodia began to focus on reconstruction and the development of its much-needed infrastructure across the country in the early 1990s. While most government institutions at the capital/provincial levels were crippled, the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) was able to provide excellent water service to most of the capital's residents, even the extremely poor. This case represents a traditional utility that was able to creatively experiment with new management practices and solicit community involvement in the administration of its work. It also illustrates the fact that under certain conditions, urban water services can actually generate revenues to subsidize other functions of the government. Specifically, it provides a useful illustration of a resilient governance of infrastructure able to adapt to rapidly changing and challenging circumstances.
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