Knowing the Salween River: Resource Politics of a Contested Transboundary River
Middleton, Carl
Knowing the Salween River: Resource Politics of a Contested Transboundary River - Cham Springer Nature 2019 - 1 electronic resource (324 p.)
Open Access
This open access book focuses on the Salween River, shared by China, Myanmar, and Thailand, that is increasingly at the heart of pressing regional development debates. The basin supports the livelihoods of over 10 million people, and within it there is great socio-economic, cultural and political diversity. The basin is witnessing intensifying dynamics of resource extraction, alongside large dam construction, conservation and development intervention, that is unfolding within a complex terrain of local, national and transnational governance. With a focus on the contested politics of water and associated resources in the Salween basin, this book offers a collection of empirical case studies that highlights local knowledge and perspectives. Given the paucity of grounded social science studies in this contested basin, this book provides conceptual insights at the intersection of resource governance, development, and politics of knowledge relevant to researchers, policy-makers and practitioners at a time when rapid change is underway. - Fills a significant knowledge gap on a major river in Southeast Asia, with empirical and conceptual contributions - Inter-disciplinary perspective and by a range of writers, including academics, policy-makers and civil society researchers, the majority from within Southeast Asia - New policy insights on a river at the cross-roads of a major political and development transition ;
Creative Commons
English
978-3-319-77440-4
10.1007/978-3-319-77440-4 doi
Sociology
Business & the environment, 'Green' approaches to business
Hydrology & the hydrosphere
Physical geography & topography
Environmental management
Geography Environmental geography Environmental management Hydrology Industrial management-Environmental aspects Political sociology
Knowing the Salween River: Resource Politics of a Contested Transboundary River - Cham Springer Nature 2019 - 1 electronic resource (324 p.)
Open Access
This open access book focuses on the Salween River, shared by China, Myanmar, and Thailand, that is increasingly at the heart of pressing regional development debates. The basin supports the livelihoods of over 10 million people, and within it there is great socio-economic, cultural and political diversity. The basin is witnessing intensifying dynamics of resource extraction, alongside large dam construction, conservation and development intervention, that is unfolding within a complex terrain of local, national and transnational governance. With a focus on the contested politics of water and associated resources in the Salween basin, this book offers a collection of empirical case studies that highlights local knowledge and perspectives. Given the paucity of grounded social science studies in this contested basin, this book provides conceptual insights at the intersection of resource governance, development, and politics of knowledge relevant to researchers, policy-makers and practitioners at a time when rapid change is underway. - Fills a significant knowledge gap on a major river in Southeast Asia, with empirical and conceptual contributions - Inter-disciplinary perspective and by a range of writers, including academics, policy-makers and civil society researchers, the majority from within Southeast Asia - New policy insights on a river at the cross-roads of a major political and development transition ;
Creative Commons
English
978-3-319-77440-4
10.1007/978-3-319-77440-4 doi
Sociology
Business & the environment, 'Green' approaches to business
Hydrology & the hydrosphere
Physical geography & topography
Environmental management
Geography Environmental geography Environmental management Hydrology Industrial management-Environmental aspects Political sociology