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1 Bach, H.; Clausen, T. J.; Trang, D. T.; Emerton, L.; Facon, T.; Hofer, T.; Lazarus, K.; Muziol, C.; Noble, Andrew; Schill, P.; Sisouvanh, A.; Wensley, C.; Whiting, L. 2011. From local watershed management to integrated river basin management at national and transboundary levels. [Technical report]. Vientiane, Laos: Mekong River Commission. 42p.
Watershed management ; River basin management ; Institutions ; Economic aspects ; Financing / South East Asia / Cambodia / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Thailand / Vietnam / Mekong River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H044160)
http://www.mpowernetwork.org/Knowledge_Bank/Key_Reports/PDF/Dialogue_Reports/Watershed_Management.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044160.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044160.pdf
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2 Douven, W.; Mul, Marloes L.; Son, L.; Bakker, N.; Radosevich, G.; Hendriks, A. 2014. Games to create awareness and design policies for transboundary cooperation in river basins: lessons from the Shariva Game of the Mekong River Commission. Water Resources Management, 28(5):1431-1447. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-014-0562-x]
River basins ; International waters ; Conflict ; Environmental effects ; International cooperation ; Stakeholders ; Technical aid ; Teaching methods ; Policy / South East Asia / Myanmar / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Thailand / Cambodia / Vietnam / Mekong River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046357)
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International river basins cover a vast majority of the land surface, international cooperation is therefore important for the proper management, and to assure equitable and effective use in the basins. Key elements to improve international cooperation are common understanding of the issues in the basin, understanding upstream-downstream impacts and sharing a common vision for the future. This article focuses on the role of games in international basin cooperation to create awareness and to support policy development. The paper analysed the effects of the game in creating awareness and upgrading knowledge amongst water and related professionals and in designing procedures for cooperation in transboundary river basins. This was analysed during the implementation of the game with 28 participants from the four Lower Mekong countries. The impact on creating awareness and upgrading knowledge was evaluated through the use of questionnaires and pre- and post evaluation questions and for the design of policies, a SWOT analysis was used to evaluate the usefulness of the policies and frameworks as well as to identify possible improvements to the framework. The game implementation proved to be an appropriate tool to provide a practical way for stakeholders to become acquainted with the administrative and technical tools available in the Lower Mekong Basin. Pre- and post test shows that participants gained substantial knowledge on transboundary cooperation and use of tools. The game was part of a longer training programme addressing all the issues, however, the participants gained additional knowledge and insight by playing the game, well above what they had learned during the earlier training workshops. Playing the game proved an important aspect in training and education of such complex systems. The study also shows the role games can play in policy analysis, in particular the way the game provided insight in the design of the policy and the development of procedures, and their function to review and update policies and procedures. A number of recommendations have been made to strengthen the role in both training and education as well as in design of procedures.
3 International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2013. Proceedings of the National Seminar on Groundwater Governance in Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 15 August 2013. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 134p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2014.201]
Groundwater irrigation ; Groundwater recharge ; Groundwater development ; Groundwater management ; Water governance ; Water use ; Water level ; Water supply ; Drinking water ; Water quality ; Water pollution ; Surface water ; Aquifers ; Wells ; Tanks ; Arid zones ; Pumps ; Stakeholders ; Farmers ; Hydrogeology ; Fluorides ; Irrigation management ; Research ; Monitoring ; Sustainability / Sri Lanka / Lao People s Democratic Republic / Jaffna Peninsula
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046388)
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4 Pavelic, Paul. 2013. Practical efforts to improve groundwater governance in the challenging context of Lao PDR. In International Water Management Institute (IWMI). Proceedings of the National Seminar on Groundwater Governance in Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 15 August 2013. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) pp.81-92.
Groundwater management ; Groundwater development ; Water governance ; Water use ; Monitoring / Lao People's Democratic Republic
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046403)
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5 Mekuria, Wolde; Noble, Andrew; Hoanh, Chu Thai; McCartney, Matthew; Sengtaheuanghoung, O.; Sipaseuth, N.; Douangsavanh, Somphasith; Langan, Simon; Getnet, Kindie. 2014. The potential role of soil amendments in increasing agricultural productivity and improving the livelihood of smallholders in Lao PDR. Paper presented at the 15th National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute Anniversary Symposium on Agriculture and Forestry Research for Development, Vientiane, Lao PDR, 8-10 April 2014. 15p.
Agricultural production ; Water productivity ; Soil amendments ; Smallholders ; Living standards ; Maize ; Nutrient uptake ; Biomass ; Economic aspects ; Case studies / Lao People's Democratic Republic
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046433)
The present study was undertaken in Lao PDR to investigate the impacts of organic and clay-based soil amendments on maize yield, total nutrient uptake and crop water productivity (CWP), and analyze the economic return of such interventions. Structured field experiments were established over two consecutive years (2011 and 2012) with maize as the test crop at the Veunkham and Naphok sites. Ten treatments were applied in a Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. The treatments were control, rice husk biochar (applied at a rate of 10 t ha-1), bentonite clay (10 t ha-1), compost (4 t ha-1), clay-manure compost (10 t ha-1), rice husk biochar compost (10 t ha-1), and their combinations. All treatments were applied in 2011. CWP and the soil water balance of the various treatments were determined using the AquaCrop model. To determine the costs and benefits of soil amendments over the two cropping seasons a cost-based valuation method was applied. Significant (p < 0.05) treatment effects in maize grain yields, total nutrient uptake and CWP were observed. At Veunkham, differences in yield between the control and amended soils ranged from 0.9 to 3.3 t ha-1 in 2011 and from 0.2 to 1.3 t ha-1 in 2012, whereas differences at Naphok varied between 0.2 and 2.2 t ha-1 in 2011 and from 0.2 to 1.7 t ha-1 in 2012. Differences in CWP between the amended and control plots at Veunkham varied between 0.3 and 1.0 kg m-3 in 2011 and from 0.05 to 0.29 kg m-3 in 2012, whereas differences at Naphok varied between 0.1 and 0.6 kg m-3 in 2011 and from 0.1 to 0.4 kg m-3 in 2012. Differences between the control and amended soils in yield and the associated CWP can be attributed to the improvements in total N and P uptake, soil pH, exchangeable Ca++ and Mg++, and CEC following the application of soil amendments. At both sites, in most of the treatments, yields and CWP in 2012 were significantly (p < 0.05) lower than 2011. This difference can be attributed to late season drought. Over the two cropping seasons , the enhancement of maize yield due to soil amendments resulted in net revenues ranging from -794 to 841 and -331 to 1391 US$ ha-1 at Naphok and Veunkham, respectively. The study found that soils amended with low-cost amendments such as compost, rice husk biochar, rice husk biochar compost, and clay-manure compost were economically viable within the first cropping season. In contrast, soils amended with higher-cost amendments such as bentonite clay required up to 5 years to be economically viable. Such variations indicate that maize yield revenues alone are an insufficient incentive for farmers to adopt higher-cost soil amendments. The results of this study confirm that soil amendments can be effective in improving crop yield and the associated CWP. In addition, the income of smallholders can be improved using locally available low-cost soil amendments. These findings provide important information for decision makers wishing to improve agricultural productivity and food security through sustainable intensification.
6 Pavelic, Paul; Xayviliya, O.; Ongkeo, O. 2014. Pathways for effective groundwater governance in the least-developed-country context of the Lao PDR. Water International, 39(4):469-485. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2014.923971]
Groundwater ; Water governance ; Water resources development ; Developing countries ; Climate change ; Stakeholders ; Development plans ; Households ; Government departments / Lao People's Democratic Republic
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046494)
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02508060.2014.923971
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046494.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046494.pdf
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Instituting effective groundwater governance is highly challenging in a least developed country such as the Lao PDR where groundwater resources need to be developed for a variety of reasons but the levels of understanding, awareness and technical capacity are extremely limited. This paper discusses the current state of knowledge and management of groundwater and suggests some pathways forward. Whilst the level of governance remains very low, there is growing interest in tackling the entrenched technical and non-technical issues and constraints. Various initiatives have recently emerged, resulting in positive institutional change.
7 Suhardiman, Diana; Giordano, M. 2014. Legal plurality: an analysis of power interplay in Mekong hydropower. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 16p. (Online first). [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00045608.2014.925306]
Water power ; Natural resources management ; Territorial waters ; Legal frameworks ; Decision making ; Fund ; Private sector ; State intervention ; Capacity building ; River basins ; Case studies / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Mekong Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046525)
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The changing notion of state territoriality highlights overlapping power structures at international, national, and local scales and reveals how states can be “differently” powerful. This article analyzes how the interplay of these power structures shapes the dynamics of natural resource management in one of the world’s fastest changing transboundary basins, the Mekong. Taking the Lao People’s Democratic Republic as a case study, we highlight the existing inconsistency and institutional discrepancies in land, water, and environmental policy related to hydropower and illustrate how they are manifested in multiple decision-making frameworks and overlapping legal orders. The resulting legal plurality reveals the inherently contested terrain of hydropower but, more important, it illustrates how the central state has been able to use contradictory mandates and interests to further its goals. The specific Mekong hydropower case demonstrates that an understanding of power geometries and scale dynamics is crucial to meaningful application of social and environmental safeguards for sustainable dam development.More broadly, the case sheds light on the important role of states’ various agents and their multiple connections, partially explaining how the achievement of the central state’s goals can be derived from legal plurality rather than hindered by it.
8 Mekuria, Wolde; Noble, Andrew; Sengtaheuanghoung, O.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Bossio, D.; Sipaseuth, N.; McCartney, Matthew; Langan, Simon. 2014. Organic and clay-based soil amendments increase maize yield, total nutrient uptake, and soil properties in Lao PDR. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 38:936-961. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2014.917144]
Soil amendments ; Soil properties ; soil organic matter ; Maize ; Rice husks ; Clay ; Nutrients ; Food security ; Food production ; Agricultural production ; Smallholders ; Bentonite ; Composts ; Biomass ; Land degradation / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Veunkham / Naphok
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046584)
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In the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), increasing food security remains a challenge since smallholder agricultural systems, which are the main source of food production, are under serious threat due to poor soil fertility and climate variability. This study was undertaken in Lao PDR to investigate the impacts of organic and clay-based soil amendments on maize yield, total nutrient uptake, and soil properties. Structured field experiments were established over two consecutive years (2011 and 2012) with maize as the test crop at the Veunkham and Naphok sites. Ten treatments were applied in a randomized complete block design with three replications. The treatments were control, rice husk biochar (applied at a rate of 10 t ha-1), bentonite clay (10 t ha-1), compost (4 t ha-1), clay-manure compost (10 t ha-1), rice husk biochar compost (10 t ha-1), and their combinations. All treatments were applied in 2011. Significant (p < 0.05) treatment effects in maize grain yields, total nutrient uptake, and soil properties were observed. At Veunkham, differences between the control and amended soils in yield ranged from 0.9 to 3.3 t ha-1 in 2011 and from 0.2 to 1.3 t ha-1 in 2012, whereas differences at Naphok varied between 0.2 and 2.2 t ha-1 in 2011 and from 0.2 to 1.7 t ha-1 in 2012. At both sites, in most of the treatments, yields in 2012 were significantly (p < 0.05) lower than 2011; this was attributed to a late season drought. Differences between the control and amended soils in yield can be attributed to the improvements in total N and P uptake, soil pH, exchangeable Ca++ and Mg++, and cation-exchange capacity following the application of soil amendments. The results of this study confirm that the soil amendments under consideration can be effective in improving agricultural productivity, while improving key soil properties indicating that soil amendments could be an option for intensification of agricultural productivity.
9 Suhardiman, Diana; Giordano, M. 2014. Legal plurality in Mekong hydropower: its emergence and policy implications. In Bhaduri, A.; Bogardi, J.; Leentvaar, J.; Marx, S. (Eds.). The global water system in the anthropocene: challenges for science and governance. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. pp.355-367. (Springer Water)
Legal aspects ; Legal systems ; Water power ; Policy making ; Decision making ; International waters ; Private sector ; International loans ; Funding ; Financial institutions ; Government agencies ; Socioeconomic environment ; Case studies / South East Asia / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Mekong
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046588)
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The changing role of the state and the increased participation of non-state actors has blurred the meaning of international affairs and highlighted overlapping power structures at international, national, and local levels. This paper illustrates how these power structures shape the hydropower decision making landscape in one of the world’s most dynamic transboundary basins, the Mekong. Using the Lao PDR as a case study, we highlight how international donors’ influence in the overall shaping of national policy and legal frameworks, the state’s positioning of hydropower development as the main source of revenue, and the emerging importance of private sector actors manifested in overlapping rules and legal plurality in hydropower decision making. While legal plurality reflects the inherently contested terrain of hydropower, it also highlights the importance of power geometries and the scale dynamics in hydropower governance. The growing role of non-state actors may be interpreted as a reduction in state decision making power, but it may also be seen as a means for the state to take advantage of competing interests, in this case receiving both donor funding and private capital. If international donors expect national government agencies to promote meaningful application of internationally defined socio-environmental safeguards, they need to create space for critical discussion and move beyond the current standardized approach in promoting sustainable hydropower development.
10 Reis, J.; Culver, T. B.; Lacombe, Guillaume; Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali. 2015. Reservoir operation for recession agriculture in Mekong basin, Laos. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 141(7):1-9. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000485]
Agriculture ; Reservoirs ; Water resources ; Water management ; Water levels ; Water power ; Dams ; Rural areas ; Living standards ; Vegetable growing ; River basins ; Case studies / Lao People s Democratic Republic / Mekong Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046633)
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As hydropower dam construction in rapidly growing economies dislodges communities, rural development experts must help the displaced make their livelihoods in new lacustrine environments. One question is whether the dam infrastructure can directly benefit those who remain within the vicinity of the reservoir. Integrated water resource management seeks to concurrently consider hydrological, socioeconomic, and ecological factors, yet water managers lack the information needed to include livelihoods in their analyses. The objective of this paper is to develop tools and plans for coordinating hydropower reservoir operation and management for rural livelihoods. Specifically, this study investigates how dam management may accommodate vegetable farming on the banks of a reservoir. The intervention investigated is to lower water levels during the cultivation period in order to expose shoreline gardens. Based on the recession agriculture rule, evaluated through simulation of a dam in Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the average annual hydropower production was reduced by between 0.4 and 8.1%, depending on the agricultural goal, with the loss to power occurring mainly in the months April to June. By focusing on hydropower reservoir systems, the techniques developed in this study have the potential to be applied to support communities throughout the world that farm on the shorelines of water reservoirs.
11 Lacombe, Guillaume; Douangsavanh, S.; Baker, J.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Bartlett, R.; Jeuland, M.; Phongpachith, C. 2014. Are hydropower and irrigation development complements or substitutes?: the example of the Nam Ngum River in the Mekong Basin. Water International, 39(5):649-670. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2014.956205]
Water power ; Irrigation development ; River basins ; Water resources ; Irrigated land ; Irrigation water ; Water demand ; Water balance ; Water availability ; Simulation models ; Environmental flows ; Dry season / Lao People s Democratic Republic / Nam Ngum River / Mekong Basin / Vientiane Plain
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046639)
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Hydropower and irrigation developments to address rising demand for food and energy are modifying the water balance of the Mekong Basin. Infrastructure investment decisions are also frequently made from a sub-catchment perspective. This paper compares river flows with irrigation development stages in the Nam Ngum sub-basin where the potential for irrigation and hydropower expansion is largely untapped. It shows that full hydropower development in this basin allows irrigation water use to triple, even as it reduces competition with environmental flow requirements. The implications for the wider Mekong are, however, unclear, particularly given uncertainty over parallel transformations elsewhere in the basin.
12 Jeuland, M.; Baker, J.; Bartlett, R.; Lacombe, Guillaume. 2014. The costs of uncoordinated infrastructure management in multi-reservoir river basins. Environmental Research Letters, 9(10):1-10. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/10/105006]
River basin management ; Reservoirs ; Costs ; Water resources ; Water power ; Hydrology ; Economic aspects ; Models ; Infrastructure ; Flood control ; Irrigation ; Dams / Lao People s Democratic Republic / Mekong / Nam Ngum River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046648)
http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/9/10/105006/pdf/1748-9326_9_10_105006.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046648.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046648.pdf
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Though there are surprisingly few estimates of the economic benefits of coordinated infrastructure development and operations in international river basins, there is a widespread belief that improved cooperation is beneficial for managing water scarcity and variability. Hydro-economic optimization models are commonly-used for identifying efficient allocation of water across time and space, but such models typically assume full coordination. In the real world, investment and operational decisions for specific projects are often made without full consideration of potential downstream impacts. This paper describes a tractable methodology for evaluating the economic benefits of infrastructure coordination. We demonstrate its application over a range of water availability scenarios in a catchment of the Mekong located in Lao PDR, the Nam Ngum River Basin. Results from this basin suggest that coordination improves system net benefits from irrigation and hydropower by approximately 3–12% (or US$12-53 million/yr) assuming moderate levels of flood control, and that the magnitude of coordination benefits generally increases with the level of water availability and with inflow variability. Similar analyses would be useful for developing a systematic understanding of the factors that increase the costs of non-cooperation in river basin systems worldwide, and would likely help to improve targeting of efforts to stimulate complicated negotiations over water resources.
13 Suhardiman, Diana; Giordano, Mark; Molle, Francois. 2015. Between interests and worldviews: the narrow path of the Mekong River Commission. Environment and Planning C-Government and Policy, 33(1) :199-217. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1068/c11191]
River basins ; International waters ; Water governance ; Water power ; Dams ; Environmental impact assessment ; Bureaucracy ; Decision making / South East Asia / Thailand / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Myanmar / Vietnam / Mekong River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046652)
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Hydropower development is occurring at a rapid, though controversial, pace in the Mekong. We highlight the role of scientific assessment in shaping the Mekong hydropower debate, taking the strategic environmental assessment of the twelve planned mainstream dams as a case study. While environmental impact assessments are designed as science-based decision-making tools, they have often been criticized in practice as a political means to justify already made development decisions. In this case we demonstrate how the Mekong River Commission, operating in a constrained political environment, has instead used environmental impact assessment as a way of providing political space and opening the discussion on dams to a wider public. The main argument of this paper is that scientific assessment can be politically maneuvered to shape governance alliances at both national and transboundary levels, and to a certain extent democratize decision-making processes.
14 Kerbo, H. R. 2011. The persistence of Cambodian poverty: from the killing fields to today. Jefferson, NC, USA: McFarland. 222p.
Poverty ; Indicators ; Economic development ; Social aspects ; Conflict ; Gender relations ; Rural areas ; Villages ; Rural communities ; Slums ; Living standards ; Land acquisitions ; Government ; Bureaucracy ; Political aspects ; Corruption / Cambodia / Thailand / Vietnam / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Phnom Penh / Battambang
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 959.6 G700 KER Record No: H046830)
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15 Mouche, E.; Moussu, F.; Mugler, C.; Ribolzi, O.; Valentin, C.; Sengtahevanghoung, O.; Lacombe, Guillaume. 2014. Impact of land-use change on the hydrology of North Lao PDR watersheds. In Daniell, T. M.; Van Lanen, H. A. J.; Demuth, S.; Laaha, G.; Servat, E.; Gil Mahe, J.-F. B.; Paturel, J.-E.; Dezetter, A.; Ruelland, D. (Eds.). Hydrology in a changing world : environmental and human dimensions: proceedings of the FRIEND [Flow Regime from International Experimental and Network Data] Water Conference, Montpellier, France, 7-10 October 2014. Wallingford, UK: International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS). pp.84-89. (IAHS Publication 363)
Land use ; Hydrology ; Watersheds ; Impact assessment ; Agriculture ; Catchment areas ; Rain ; Runoff ; River basins / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Mekong River / Nam Khan Watershed / Nam Ou Watershed / Nam Suong Watershed / Nam Lik Watershed / Nam Ngum Watershed / Houay Pano Catchment
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046864)
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We investigated the impact of land-use change on the hydrology of different major Lao tributary watersheds of Mekong River. The region is the North of Laos centred on Luang Prabang and the watersheds are the Nam Khan, Nam Ou, Nam Suong, Nam Lik and Nam Ngum. An additional small agricultural catchment called Houay Pano close to the Nam Khan, is also considered. We used the lumped rainfall–runoff conceptual models GR4J and GR2M, developed by Irstea in France, the Mekong River Commission hydro-meteorological database and the Japanese Aphrodite meteorological database. The objective was to detect in the hydrological regime of the watersheds an impact of de(re)forestation, processes known to have occurred since the 1980s, but at a degree which has not been quantified. For this purpose we adopted the cross simulation methodology developed by Irstea which has proved to be efficient to detect trends in long term watershed hydrology. The results did not show any significant hydrological change since 1960. On the other hand the application of the same methodology to the small catchment Houay Pano surveyed since 2001 proved to be convincing. We saw evidence of the impact of slash and burn practice, followed by a long fallow period, on a catchment’s hydrology over a seven year period.
16 Sayatham, M.; Suhardiman, Diana. 2015. Hydropower resettlement and livelihood adaptation: the Nam Mang 3 Project in Laos. Water Resources and Rural Development, 5:17-30. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wrr.2015.01.001]
Water power ; Economic development ; Living standards ; Reconstruction ; Compensation ; Households ; Income ; Development projects ; Environmental impact ; Natural resources ; Dams ; Villages ; Fisheries ; Agriculture ; Land use ; Food security ; Case studies / South East Asia / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Nam Ngum Dam
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046867)
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Mekong hydropower is developing rapidly. Laos is at the forefront of this development. While hydropower development supports the country’s economic growth, many observers have highlighted the potential negative impacts for people’s livelihoods. Taking the Nam Mang 3 hydropower project as a case study, we examine the impacts of hydropower development on farming households of differing livelihood assets and resources, and how they have responded to these impacts. Linking livelihood asset substitution with livelihood outcomes, we examine factors constraining livelihood adaptation and how these shape rural households’ strategies to cope with socioeconomic and environmental impacts from hydropower development. We conclude that while asset substitution generally can improve people’s livelihoods, access to land continues to play an important role in the process of livelihood reconstruction and the shaping of livelihood outcomes.
17 Lebel, L.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Krittasudthacheewa, C.; Daniel, R. (Eds.) 2014. 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). 405p.
Climate change ; Risks ; Sustainable development ; Ecosystem services ; Policy making ; Urbanization ; Living standards ; Rural areas ; Households ; Economic development ; Investment ; Poverty ; Energy consumption ; Carbon dioxide ; Greenhouse gases ; Emission ; International waters ; Fish industry ; Employment ; Stakeholders ; Food security ; Tourism ; Forest management ; Environmental services ; Costs ; Satellites ; Remote sensing ; GIS ; Flooding ; Farming ; Rice ; Sugar ; Farmers ; Case studies / Southeast Asia / Thailand / Cambodia / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Vietnam / Khon Kaen / Vang Vieng / Chiang Mai / Hue / Lam Dong / Mekong Region
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046894)
http://www.sei-international.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/sumernet_book_climate_risks_regional_integration_sustainability_mekong_region.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046894.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046894.pdf
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18 Li, L.; Vijitpan, T. 2014. Energy, economy, and climate change 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.9-28.
Climate change ; Economic growth ; Renewable energy ; Sustainable development ; Poverty ; Population ; Carbon dioxide ; Emission / 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: H046910)
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19 Lebel, L.; Naruchaikusol, S.; Juntopas, M. 2014. Transboundary flows of resources, people, goods, and services 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.54-71.
International trade ; Foreign investment ; Economic aspects ; Financing ; Natural resources ; Agricultural products ; Exports ; Imports ; Tourism ; Migrant labour ; Infrastructure ; Energy resources ; Information technology / 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: H046912)
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20 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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