The Mekong: Strategic Environmental Assessment of Mainstream Hydropower Development in an International River Basin

TitleThe Mekong: Strategic Environmental Assessment of Mainstream Hydropower Development in an International River Basin
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Year of Publication2017
AuthorsCarew-Reid
Secondary AuthorsHirsch
Secondary TitleRoutledge Handbook of the Environment in Southeast Asia
SectionChapter 20 (Part 4: Regional and country studies in environment)
Pagination334-355
PublisherRoutledge
Place PublishedLondon and New York
Key themesEcology and Livelihoods, Hydropower, Impact Assessment, Transboundary Governance
Abstract

This book chapter is the story of damming the mainstream Mekong River - or, more precisely, of attempts by the Mekong River Commission (MRC) to bring a more integrated, informed and precautionary approach to mainstream development by initiating a strategic environmental assessment (SEA) of 12 hydropower dams proposed for the mainstream in Laos and Cambodia. It is written by the team leader of the MRC-initiated SEA of hydropower development on the mainstream Mekong River, who is also director of the organization commissioned to conduct the SEA. As such, it presents an insider reflection on the process and on the wider role of SEA in supporting an improved governance approach within an institutionally and scientifically weak planning milieu.
URLhttps://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-the-Environment-in-Southeast-Asia/Hirsch/p/book/9780415625210
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Countries

Cambodia, Laos, Regional, Thailand, Vietnam
Document Type

Book Chapter

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