Politics and Development in a Transboundary Watershed

Preface Contributors Abbreviations 1 Politics and Development in a Transboundary Watershed: The Case of the Lower Mekong Basin; Stina Hansson, Sofie Hellberg & Joakim OEjendal 1.1 Introduction 1.2 The politics of IWRM 1.3 Development in a transboundary context 1.4 Transboundary water governance 1.5 The Mekong Basin as a transboundary system 1.6 The contributions to this volume 2 Politics or Development: Sharing of International Rivers in the South; Ashok Swain 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Rivers of Conflict to Rivers of Cooperation? 2.3 Yet to Move Beyond Selfish National Interests 3 Politics and Development of the Mekong River Basin: Transboundary Dilemmas and Participatory Ambitions; Joakim OEjendal & Kurt Morck Jensen 3.1 The Basin's Economic Geography 3.2 Attempts at Water Governance in the Mekong Region 3.3 Geopolitics and the IWRM Approach to Basin Development - Conclusion 4 The Potential of MRC to Pursue IWRM in the Mekong: Trade-offs and Public Participation; Rachel Cooper 4.1 The Development Context 4.2 The Role of the MRC 4.3 Trade-offs in the Mekong 4.4 Public Participation 4.5 Conclusion 5 Domestic Water Policy Implications on International Transboundary Water Development: A Case Study of Thailand; Naho Mirumachi 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Water Management Paradigms and Hydraulic Control 5.3 The Thai Hydraulic Mission and Inclusive Water Resource Management 5.4 Impact of Domestic Water Policies on Multilateral Water Resources Development 5.5 Discussion and Conclusion 6 Mekong at the Crossroads: Alternative Paths of Water Development and Impact Assessment; Marko Keskinen, Matti Kummu, Mira Kakoenen & Olli Varis 6.1 Introduction: the Changing Mekong 6.2 Water Development in the Mekong 6.3 Estimating the impacts 6.4 Hydrological Models as a Tool for Impact Assessment 6.5 An Array of Impacts, Radical Consequences 6.6 Multiple Crossroads: Water Development in a Transboundary Setting 6.6 Conclusions: Way Forward 7 Negotiating Flows in the Mekong; Kate Lazarus, David J.H. Blake, John Dore, Worawan Sukraroek & David S. Hall 7.1 Introduction 7.2 E-flows and Integrated Water Resources Management 7.3 Water for Development and Ecosystems 7.4 Integrating and Negotiating 7.5 E-flows in the Mekong Region 7.6 Multi-stakeholder Translations in the Mekong Region: Building Capacity and a Constituency 7.7 Rapid E-flows Assessment in the Huong River Basin, Vietnam 7.8 E-flows and the Integrated Basin Flow Management Process in the Mekong River Basin 7.9 An Interdisciplinary Approach to E-flows in the Nam Songkhram River Basin, Thailand 7.10 Conclusions 8 IWRM as a Participatory Governance Framework for the Mekong River Basin?; Philip Hirsch 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Participation, FWRM and IWRM 8.3 Governing Through Participation from Above... 8.4 ... And Governance Through Participation from Below 8.5 Conclusions: Beyond the Technical in Participatory River Basin Governance 9 The Dragon Upstream: China's Role in Lancang-Mekong Development; Darrin Magee 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Overview of the Lancang Cascade 9.3 Chinese Perspectives on Lancang River Development 9.4 China's Approach to Lancang-Mekong Transboundary Relations 9.5 Hydropower Decision-Making in China 9.6 Conclusion: Conflict and Commonality in Development Priorities 10 Politics vs Development in a Transboundary River Basin - The Case of the Mekong Basin; Joakim OEjendal, Stina Hansson & Sofie Hellberg 10.1 Findings and Reflections 10.2 Political Imperatives and the Eternal Call for Holism Index