Hydropower development in the Mekong Region political, socio-economic and environmental perspectives - Geheb, Kim.; Matthews, Nathanial (Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2015)
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 Lancang River / 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, build-operate-transfer 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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Water resources development -- Mekong River watershed; Water-power -- Mekong River Watershed