Water rights and social justice in the Mekong region / edited by Kate Lazarus ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lazarus, Kate.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water resources development--Mekong River Region.

Water resources development.

Water-supply--Mekong River Region--Management.

Water-supply.

Water rights--Mekong River Region.

Water rights.

Right to water--Mekong River Region.

Right to water.

Social justice--Mekong River Region.

Social justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Washington, DC : Earthscan, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Mekong Region has come to represent many of the important water governance challenges faced more broadly by the mainland Southeast Asian region. This book focuses on the complex nature of water rights and social justice in the Mekong region. The chapters delve into the diverse social, political and cultural dynamics that shape the various realities and scales of water governance in the region, in an effort to bring to the forefront some of the local nuances required in the formulation of a larger vision of justice in water governance. It is hoped that this contextualized analysis will deep

Contents:

Water Rights and Social Justice in the Mekong Region; Copyright; Contents; Figures, Tables and Boxes; Contributors; Preface: About M-POWER; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1 Water Governance and Water Rights in the Mekong Region; PART I - PARTICIPATION IN DECISION-MAKING; 2 Water Transfer Planning in Northeast Thailand: Rhetoric and Practice; 3 Local People's Participation in Involuntary Resettlement in Vietnam: A Case Study of the Son La Hydropower Project; PART II - SOCIAL DIFFERENCES AND ACCESS

4 Rights and Rites: Local Strategies to Manage Competition for Watershed Resources in Northern Thailand5 Local Institutions and the Politics of Watershed Management in the Uplands of Northern Thailand; 6 Gender, Commercialization and the Fisheries-Aquaculture Divide in the Mekong Region; PART III - COMPETING DEMANDS AND PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF THE MARGINALIZED; 7 Fisheries, Nutrition and Regional Development Pathways: Reasserting Food Rights; 8 Livelihood and Environment Trade-offs at the Time of Doi Moi: Industrial Water Use and Wastewater Management in a Craft Village in Peri-urban Hanoi

PART IV - CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE RIGHTS OF THE VULINERALEE9 Climate Change in the Asian Highlands: Socio-economic Implications for the Mekong Region; 10 Linking Climate Change Risks and Rights of Upland Peoples in the Mekong; PART V - CONCLUSION; 11 Ensuring Justice in Water Governance in the Mekong Region; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-280-87448-1

9786613715791

1-136-53887-9

1-136-53886-0

1-84977-547-8

9781849775472

OCLC:

798209471