Sökning: "Mekong River Basin"

Hittade 3 avhandlingar innehållade orden Mekong River Basin.

  1. 1. Sharing the Good - Modes of Managing Water Resources in the Lower Mekong River Basin

    Författare :Joakim Öjendal; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Water; water management; conflict; Mekong; Lower Mekong Basin; Cambodia; development; alternative development; hydropolitics; Southeast Asia;

    Sammanfattning : The general purpose of this thesis is to provide an empirically based study of International River Basin management in order to contribute to the global policy debate on water resources management and the role of water in the development process. The thesis reviews the recent ‘water management’ debate and a number of theoretical positions on the topic. LÄS MER

  2. 2. Tropical cyclone induced extreme wind, rainfall, and floods in the Mekong River Basin

    Författare :Aifang Chen; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Mekong River Basin; Climate extremes; Tropical cyclones; Precipitation; Floods; Satellite data; Reanalysis data;

    Sammanfattning : Increasing magnitude and frequency of climate extremes under global warming are threatening the socioeconomic development in many parts of the world. The Mekong River Basin (MRB) is a good example for how climate extremes can affect society, as the transboundary MRB has experienced hydroclimate changes and fast socioeconomic development during the past decades. LÄS MER

  3. 3. Conflict and Cooperation over Shared Water Resources - In Search of Security for the Lower Mekong River Basin

    Författare :Joakim Öjendal; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mekong; Water Conflicts; Development; Southeast Asia; Cambodia; Regional Cooperation;

    Sammanfattning : The assumption in the thesis is that water has been a common good which is becoming scarce, therefore, it is fought over by many different actual and potential users. Water is, moreover, a life necessity which renders it, in the face of shortage, into a conflict prone issue. LÄS MER