PN67 - Improving Mekong Water Allocation
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Item Water resource models in the Mekong Basin: A review(Journal Article, 2012-01) Johnston, R.; Kummu, M.Development of the water resources of the Mekong Basin is the subject of intense debate both within the Mekong region and internationally. Water resources modelling is playing an increasingly important role in the debate, with significant effort in building integrated modelling platforms to describe the hydrological, ecological, social and economic impacts of water resource development. In the hydrological domain, a comprehensive set of models has been effective in building understanding of the system, and in identifying and describing the issues and trade-offs involved in basin-scale water planning. In the ecological and social domains, quantitative modelling has not progressed very far; geo-spatial analysis and qualitative frameworks remain the most commonly used tools. Economic models have been used to assess the costs and benefits of water resources development and to describe the trade-offs between different sectors and users. These analyses are likely to play an important role in the policy and planning debate, but are hampered by uncertainties in valuation of ecosystem services. Future efforts should focus on optimising the use of existing model platforms for the Mekong, including structured comparison of multiple hydrological models to quantify errors and identify an optimum set of modelling tools for different applications. A comprehensive research effort is needed to incorporate groundwater into hydrological models for regional planning. Options for social impact assessment should be reassessed before major investments are made in complex modelling platforms, and participatory social survey methods evaluated as part of an integrated assessment framework.Item Scalar Disconnect: The logic of transboundary water governance in the Mekong(Journal Article, 2012-06) Suhardiman, Diana; Giordano, Mark; Molle, FrancoisThis article provides an institutional analysis of the Mekong River Commission and brings to light the institutional dissonances between regional and national decision-making landscapes in the Lower Mekong Basin. The current scalar disconnect between regional and national decision-making processes reflects how international donors and member country representatives obscure potential conflict/tension in transboundary water governance in the Mekong. From a scholarly perspective, it questions academic approaches that assume that the state is the sole or primary actor in international relations.Item Institutional cooperation at a basin level: For what, by whom?Lessons learned from Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake(Journal Article, 2012) Keskinen, M.; Varis, O.Item Tonle Sap Lake and its management: The diversity of perspectives and institutions(Working Paper, 2010) Keskinen, M.; Sithirith, M.Item Virtual hegemony: Donors preeminent role and limited influence in transboundary water governance of the Mekong(Working Paper, 2010) Suhardiman, Diana; Giordano, Mark; Molle, FrancoisItem Hydrological and water resources modelling in the Mekong River Basin: Current status major gaps and opportunities(Working Paper, 2010) Kummu, M.; Johnston, R.Item A study on the water allocation in Kunming(Working Paper, 2010) Xing, L.; Ji, X.; Liang, C.; Wang, W.Item Deliberation scale and the governance of water resources in the Mekong Region(Working Paper, 2010) Lebel, L.; Dore, J.; Garden, P.Item Scenarios as boundary objects in the allocation of water resources and services in the Mekong Region(Working Paper, 2010) Lebel, L.Item Irrigation expansion in Cambodia: Understanding the process of decision-making(Working Paper, 2010) Try, T.; Koma, Y.S.K.; Sophanna, K.Item People EIAs as a new approach for water governance: Case of Hua Na Irrigation project in Northeast Thailand(Working Paper, 2010) Manorom, K.Item Tonle Sap Lake and its management: The diversity of perspectives & institutions(Working Paper, 2010) Keskinen, M.; Sithirith, M.Item Governing ecosystem services from upland watersheds in Southeast Asia(Working Paper, 2010) Lebel, L.; Daniel, R.Item Contestations over water quality in Thailand and Vietnam in the context of peri-urban change and globalization(Working Paper, 2010) Sajor, E.Item Improving hydropower development? The case of the Nam Ngum 5 hydropower project in Lao PDR(Working Paper, 2010) Yu, Y.; Lazarus, KateItem Gender relations ethnicity and water insecurities in the Upper Ping River basin northern Thailand(Working Paper, 2010) Lebel, L.; Rattanawilailak, P.; Lebel, G.B.; Bastakoti, Ram C.; Bastakoti, B.; Priyasak, P.Item Negotiating flows in the Mekong(Working Paper, 2010) Lazarus, Kate; Blake, D.J.H.; Dore, J.; Sukraroek, W.Item E-flows in the Nam Songkhram river basin(Working Paper, 2010) Blake, D.J.H.; Sunthornratana, U.; Promphakping, B.; Buaphuan, S.; Sarkkula, J.; Kummu, M.; Taoun, M.; Waleetorncheepsawat, P.; Boonyothayan, S.; Tharme, Rebecca E.; Osbeck, M.; Janprasart, S.Item Contentious decision making around Pak Mun Dam(Working Paper, 2010) Foran, T.Item Irrigation expansion in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta: Back to the future(Working Paper, 2010) Hoanh, Chu Thai; Suhardiman, S.; Tuan, L.A.