Mekong Committee History and Lessons for River Basin Development

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5287410
AutoresJ Warren Jacobs (0000-0003-0193-7105, autor de correspondencia)
Año1995
Volumen161
Número2
Páginas135
Fecha de publicación1995-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGeographical Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0016-7398 • E-ISSN: 1475-4959
EditorialJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3059971
OpenAlexW2331384608
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas16
Referencias citadas1

One of the notable programmes in international cooperation in river basin development has been conducted in the Lower Mekong River Basin. Since its creation in 1957 the United Nations-sponsored Mekong Committee has been coordinating water resource development among the Lower Basin nations of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. The region has undergone several environmental, political, and economic changes, yet the Mekong Committee has persisted and made several important contributions to regional water development. This paper examines the history of the Mekong Committee in the light of the constraints imposed upon it, and progress made in spite of constraints. It is argued that these constraints, in some ways, have been a blessing for regional water development. General principles from the Mekong of interest to geographers and others involved in river basin planning and water resources research are also discussed

Cartography · Drainage basin · Environmental planning · Geography · Geomorphology · Mekong river · Structural basin · Water resource management · Cambodian History and Society · Environmental Science · Geology · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies