Water and Power: Environmental Governance and Strategies for Sustainability in the Lower Mekong Basin

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxi
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 The Mekong Imaginary: From Apocalypse Then to Anthropocene Now  (Mart A. Stewart)....Pages 3-15
 Hunger and Governance: The Food Supply in Cambodia, 1979–1980 and Beyond  (Jenny Leigh Smith)....Pages 17-27
 Rubbery Revolution: Plantations as Battlefields in the First Indochina War, 1945–1954  (Michitake Aso)....Pages 29-47
 Remembering Lost Landscapes in Cambodia  (W. Nathan Green)....Pages 49-65
 A Brief History of Mangrove Distribution and Coastline Development in Soc Trang Province, Vietnam, to Address Coastal Management Strategies  (Olivier M. Joffre, Klaus Schmitt)....Pages 67-85
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 Trade-offs Between Ecosystem Services and Opportunity Costs in Maintaining the Tonle Sap Lake Agro-ecosystem (Cambodia)  (Malyne Neang, Philippe Méral, Olivier Aznar, Christophe Déprés)....Pages 89-114
 Payment for Ecosystem Services in Cambodia: Challenges and Potential  (Soriya Yin, Seng Vang)....Pages 115-122
 Ecosystem Services from Tonle Sap Flood Pulse: Spatial and Economic Analysis in Aek Phnom and Sangkae Districts of Battambang Province, Cambodia  (Kimchhin Sok, Philippe Méral, Didier Pillot, Stéphanie Defossez)....Pages 123-151
 Rice Straw: An Alternative for Energy Generation by Anaerobic Co-Digestion to Pig Manure  (Nguyen Vo Chau Ngan, Nguyen Huu Chiem, Tran Sy Nam, Le Hoang Viet, Kjeld Ingvorsen)....Pages 153-172
 Assessment of Groundwater Quality and Its Suitability for Domestic and Irrigation Use in the Coastal Zone of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam  (Nguyen Dinh Giang Nam, Goto Akira, Osawa Kazutoshi, Nguyen Hieu Trung, Nguyen Vo Chau Ngan)....Pages 173-185
 Using the Contingent Valuation Method to Assess Communities’ Willingness to Accept Compensation for Waterbird Nest Protection in the 3S Rivers, Cambodia  (Phat Chandara, Seak Sophat, Andrea H. Claassen)....Pages 187-198
 Assessment of Local Community Perceptions of Biodiversity Conservation in the 3S Rivers of Cambodia: Using a Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) Approach  (Seak Sophat, Phat Chandara, Andrea H. Claassen)....Pages 199-216
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 Approaching the Mekong in a Time of Turbulence  (Peter A. Coclanis)....Pages 219-234
 Trust Crisis and Building Trust in Transboundary Water Cooperation Along the Lancang-Mekong River  (Li Zhang)....Pages 235-251
 Common Challenges of Smallholders in ASEAN: Lacking Access to Land, Water, Market, and State  (Danny Marks)....Pages 253-281
 Negotiating Water Institutions in the Đồng-Nai River Basin, Vietnam: Unstable Balance Between Conservatism and Innovation  (Huynh Thi Phuong Linh, Olivier Tessier)....Pages 283-317
 Urban Water Management Under Uncertainty: A System Dynamic Approach  (Nguyen Hieu Trung, Nguyen Hong Duc, Nguyen Thanh Loc, Dinh Diep Anh Tuan, Lam Van Thinh, Kim Lavane)....Pages 319-336
 “The Song Remains the Same”: Examining the Outcomes of Past Hydraulic Engineering and Agro-modernization Schemes in Northeast Thailand  (David J. H. Blake)....Pages 337-362