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Governing the Mekong : engaging in the politics of knowledge / edited by Rajesh Daniel, Louis Lebel, Kanokwan Manorom.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: M-POWER book series on water governance in the Mekong region ; no. 4.Publication details: Petaling Jaya : Strategic Information and Research Development Centre, 2013.Description: xix, 219 pages : 23 cmISBN:
  • 9789675832765
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.9100959 DAN
Contents:
The politics of knowledge and engagement in the Mekong Region / Rajesh Daniel -- Representing community, a water project proposal and tactical knowledge / Jakkrit Sangkhamanee -- "Countering hegemony" and "institutional integration", two approaches to using Tai baan research for local knowledge advocacy / Natalia Scurrah -- Action-research to improve electricity planning, experience from Thailand / Tira Foran -- Local dialogues for water management in the upper Mae Hae watershed, Nothern Thailand / Songphonsak Ratanawilailak -- The role of informal organization in enhancing community resilience to flood risks in Vietnam / Bui Viet Hien, Nguyen Thi Phuong Vinh, and Ngo Thi Loan -- Multi-level governance and adaptation to floods in the Mekong Delta / Nguyen Hieu Trung, Le Anh Tuan, Tran Thi Trieu, Ram Chandra Bastakoti, and Louis Lebel -- Expert perceptions on the policy challenges of using payment for environmental services in Diqing prefecture, Yunnan / Jun He and Jianchu Xu -- Reconsidering irrigation management transfer in Laos / Fongsamuth Phengphaengsy and Andrew Noble -- Localizing development and irrigation management in Cambodia / Try Thuon -- Irrigated agriculture and rural change in Northeast Thailand / Philippe Floch and François Molle.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-212) and index.

The politics of knowledge and engagement in the Mekong Region / Rajesh Daniel -- Representing community, a water project proposal and tactical knowledge / Jakkrit Sangkhamanee -- "Countering hegemony" and "institutional integration", two approaches to using Tai baan research for local knowledge advocacy / Natalia Scurrah -- Action-research to improve electricity planning, experience from Thailand / Tira Foran -- Local dialogues for water management in the upper Mae Hae watershed, Nothern Thailand / Songphonsak Ratanawilailak -- The role of informal organization in enhancing community resilience to flood risks in Vietnam / Bui Viet Hien, Nguyen Thi Phuong Vinh, and Ngo Thi Loan -- Multi-level governance and adaptation to floods in the Mekong Delta / Nguyen Hieu Trung, Le Anh Tuan, Tran Thi Trieu, Ram Chandra Bastakoti, and Louis Lebel -- Expert perceptions on the policy challenges of using payment for environmental services in Diqing prefecture, Yunnan / Jun He and Jianchu Xu -- Reconsidering irrigation management transfer in Laos / Fongsamuth Phengphaengsy and Andrew Noble -- Localizing development and irrigation management in Cambodia / Try Thuon -- Irrigated agriculture and rural change in Northeast Thailand / Philippe Floch and François Molle.

In English.

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