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1 Middleton, C.; Garcia, J.; Foran, T. 2009. Old and new hydropower players in the Mekong Region: agendas and strategies. In Molle, Francois; Foran, T.; Kakonen, M. (Eds.). Contested waterscapes in the Mekong Region: hydropower, livelihoods and governance. London, UK: Earthscan. pp.23-54.
Hydroelectric schemes ; Dams ; Development projects ; Electricity supplies ; Planning ; Economic aspects ; Development banks ; Financing ; Marketing / South East Asia / China / Laos / Thailand / Vietnam / Cambodia / Myanmar / Mekong Region / Theun-Hinboun Hydropower Project / Kamchay Dam / Yunnan Province
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G8000 MOL Record No: H042353)
2 Middleton, C.; Krawanchid, D. 2014. Urbanization and sustainable development in the Mekong region. In Lebel, L.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Krittasudthacheewa, C.; Daniel, R. (Eds.). Climate risks, regional integration and sustainability in the Mekong region. Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre (SIRDC); Stockholm, Sweden: Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). pp.72-94.
Sustainable development ; Urbanization ; Urban areas ; Governance ; Rural urban relations ; Urban rural migration ; Population growth ; Poverty ; Living standards ; Economic growth ; Urban environment ; Wastes ; Ecosystems / Southeast Asia / Cambodia / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Myanmar / Thailand / Vietnam / China / Mekong Region / Yunnan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI, e-copy SF Record No: H046913)
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3 Smits, M.; Middleton, C.. 2014. New arenas of engagement at the water governance-climate finance nexus? an analysis of the boom and bust of hydropower CDM projects in Vietnam. Water Alternatives, 7(3):561-583.
Water governance ; Climate change ; Financing ; International agreements ; Emission reduction ; Water power ; Development projects ; Economic aspects ; Organizations ; Sustainable development ; Environmental impact ; Social impact ; Case studies / Vietnam / Quang Nam / Nam Giang
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047611)
http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol7/v8issue3/264-a7-3-7/file
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https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047611.pdf
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This article explores whether new arenas of engagement for water governance have been created and utilised following the implementation of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in large hydropower projects in Vietnam. Initial optimism for climate finance – in particular amongst Northern aid providers and private CDM consultants – resulted in a boom in registration of CDM hydropower projects in Vietnam. These plans, however, have since then busted. The article utilises a multi-scale and multi-place network governance analysis of the water governance-climate finance nexus, based on interviews with government officials, consultants, developers, NGOs, multilateral and international banks, and project-affected people at the Song Bung 2 and Song Bung 4 hydropower projects in Central Vietnam. Particular attention is paid to how the place-based nature of organisations shapes the ability of these actors to participate in decision-making. The article concludes that the CDM has had little impact on water governance in Vietnam at the project level in terms of carbon reduction (additionality) or attaining sustainable development objectives. Furthermore, whilst climate finance has the potential to open new, more transparent and more accountable arenas of water governance, current arenas of the water governance-climate finance nexus are 'rendered technical', and therefore often underutilised and inaccessible to civil society and project-affected people.
4 Middleton, C.; Pengkham, S.; Tivasuradej, A. 2017. Politics of knowledge and collective action in health impact assessment in Thailand: the experience of Khao Hinsorn Community. In Suhardiman, Diana; Nicol, Alan; Mapedza, Everisto (Eds.). Water governance and collective action: multi-scale challenges. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.70-81.
Collective action ; Health hazards ; Environmental impact assessment ; Local community ; Agriculture ; Industry ; Power station / Thailand
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048349)
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5 Suhardiman, Diana; Middleton, C.. 2020. The Salween River as a transboundary commons: fragmented collective action, hybrid governance and power. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 61(2):301-314. (Special issue: Governing the Transboundary Commons of Southeast Asia) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/apv.12284]
Water governance ; International waters ; Collective action ; Hydropower ; Dams ; River basins ; State intervention ; Institutions ; Decision making ; Development projects ; International agreements ; Conflicts ; Nongovernmental organizations ; Political aspects / China / Myanmar / Thailand / Salween River Basin / Nu River / Hat Gyi Dam
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049874)
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Viewing the Salween River as a transboundary commons, this paper illustrates how diverse state and non-state actors and institutions in hybrid and multi-scaled networks have influenced water governance in general, and large dam decision-making processes in particular. Putting power relations at the centre of this analysis and drawing on the conceptual lenses of hybrid governance and critical institutionalism, we show the complexity of the fragmented processes through which decisions have been arrived at, and their implications. In the context of highly asymmetrical power relations throughout the basin, and the absence of an intergovernmental agreement to date, we argue that hybrid networks of state and non-state actors could be strategically engaged to connect parallel and fragmented decision-making landscapes with a goal of inclusively institutionalising the transboundary commons and maintaining connected local commons throughout the basin, foregrounding a concern for ecological and social justice.
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