Urban, Frauke, Siciliano, Giuseppina and Nordensvard, Johan (2018) 'China’s Dam Builders: their role in transboundary river management in Southeast Asia.' International Journal of Water Resources Development, 34 (5). pp. 747-770.
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Abstract
This article investigates China’s role as the world’s largest builder of and investor in large dams, focussing on the Greater Mekong Sub-Region in South-East Asia. It addresses the role Chinese actors play in dam-building as well as the environmental, social, economic and political implications by drawing on case studies from Cambodia and Vietnam. The article finds that China’s dam-building is perceived very differently in different countries of South-East Asia. In Cambodia, the dams in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region are considered instruments of economic growth and development, whereas downstream in Vietnam the dams are seen as potentially undermining national growth, development and security.
Item Type: | Journal Article |
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SOAS Departments & Centres: | Departments and Subunits > Interdisciplinary Studies > Centre for Development, Environment and Policy Legacy Departments > Faculty of Law and Social Sciences > School of Finance and Management > Centre for Development, Environment and Policy (CeDEP) |
ISSN: | 07900627 |
Copyright Statement: | © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2017.1329138 |
Date Deposited: | 02 Jun 2017 15:42 |
URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/24075 |
Funders: | Economic and Social Research Council |
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