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Climate risks, regional integration, and sustainability in the Mekong region edited by Louis Lebel, Chu Thai Hoanh, Chayanis krittasudthacheewa, Rajesh Daniel.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Petaling Jaya, Malaysia Strategic Information and Research Development Centre Bangkok, Thailand SUMERNET Secretariat, Stockholm Environment Institute-Asia 2014.Description: xii, 405 pages illustrations, maps 23 cmISBN:
  • 9789670630250
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.1 09597 LEB
Contents:
1. Introduction: Pursuing sustainability in the Mekong region /​ Chayanis Krittasudthacheewa, Louis Lebel, Chu Thai Hoanh 2. Energy, economy and climate change in the Mekong region /​ Lailai Li, Tatirose Vijitpan 3. Valuing ecosystem services in the Mekong region /​ Penporn Janekarnkij, Orn-uma Polpanich 4. Transboundary flows of resources, people, goods and services in the Mekong region /​ Louis Lebel, Sopon Naruchaikusol, Muangpong Juntopas 5. Urbanization and sustainable development in the Mekong region /​ Carl Middleton, Dusita Krawanchid 6. Vulnerability of livelihoods in flood-prone areas along the Cambodian-Vietnam border /​ Nguyen Duy Can, Seak Sophat, Vo Hong Tu, Sok Khom, Chu Thai Hoanh 7. Increasing the benefits from contract farming to rural households in the Mekong region: insights from studies of rice and sugar /​ Saykham Voladet, Yanyong Inmuong, Aung Win Htut, Winston Set Aung, Men Prachvuthy, Louis Lebel, Graham Eagleton, Pippa Featherston, Angela Bush 8. Quantifying carbon emissions derived from China's investment and trade in the lower Mekong countries /​ Hu Tao, Cao Chunmiao 9. Transboundary fish trade in the lower Mekong basin: impacts on fisheries and rural employment in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Thailand /​ Raphael Glemet, Eleanor Elbert, Hap Navy, Douangkham Singhanouvong 10. Communicating water-related climate change risks: lessons from a multi-tool and multi-country study in the Mekong region /​ Ngo Cong Chinh, Yvette Clarke, Nguyen Hung Manh, Louis Lebel, Sakaradhorn Boontaveeyuwat, Seak Sophat, Bach Tan Sinh, Nguyen Tri Khiem 11. Climate change impacts on food security and livelihoods: case studies from Lao PDR and the Philippines /​ Linda M. Peñalba, Dulce D. Elazegui, Outhai Soukhy, Mayo Grace C. Amit, Felino P. Lansigan, Francis John F. Faderogao 12. The impact of urbanization on the hinterlands: perceptions of households in the hinterlands of Khon Kaen, Thailand and Vang Vieng, Lao PDR /​ Maniemai Thongyou, Bounthavy Sosamphanh, Thanapauge Chamaratana, Monchai Phongsiri, Louis Lebel 13. Greenhouse gas emissions from tourism service providers in Chiang Mai, Thailand and Hue, Vietnam /​ Sivanappan Kumar, Kyoko Kusakabe, Pravakar Pradhan, Pujan Shrestha, Srujana Goteti, Tran Anh Tuan, Ekawit Meteejaroenwong, Trinnawat Suwanprik, Khanh Linh 14. Evaluation of the impact of pilot payments for forest environmental services (PFES) in Lam Dong Province, Vietnam /​ Bui Duc Tinh, Tran Huu Tuan, Phong Tran 15. Integrating community-based participatory carbon measurement and monitoring with satellite remote sensing and GIS in REDD+ MRV systems /​ Jay H. Samek, Usa Kinhom, David L. Skole, Pornchai Uttaruk, Teerawong Laosuwan, Phung Van Khoa, Sithong Thongmanivong, Chetphong Butthep, Do Xuan Lan, Nguyen Xuan Giap 16. Getting to the source: community planning and costing of adaptation interventions in Vietnam and Lao PDR /​ Caitlin Corner-Dolloff, Julian Moll-Rocek 17. Place-based lessons for regional economic development and sustainability /​ Louis Lebel, Chu Thai Hoanh, Chayanis Krittasudthacheewa.
Summary: "Rapid economic growth coupled with current and projected climate risks are challenging livelihoods and ecosystems in the Mekong Region. In some locations unsustainable development has created or deepened vulnerabilities to climate change as well as global, regional, and transborder socioeconomic processes. More accessible and appropriate information is urgently needed on ways to reduce the negative aspects of development and adapt to the impacts of climate change in this region. This book improves our understanding of the linkages between drivers, opportunities, and constraints on the sustainability of the Mekong Region's ecosystems - at the transboundary, subnational, and local levels. Economic integration, urbanization, and climate change have impacts that vary greatly among locations. Hence, one key lesson in this book is that it is important to tailor policies and actions to specific places and communities, paying particular attention to the most vulnerable sections of the population, and the capacities of local actors. These multi-site and -country case studies provide much stronger tests of the merits and limitations of common policies than studies carried out in a single country, underlining the benefits of collaborative research."--Website.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [356]-390) and index.

1. Introduction: Pursuing sustainability in the Mekong region /​ Chayanis Krittasudthacheewa, Louis Lebel, Chu Thai Hoanh 2. Energy, economy and climate change in the Mekong region /​ Lailai Li, Tatirose Vijitpan 3. Valuing ecosystem services in the Mekong region /​ Penporn Janekarnkij, Orn-uma Polpanich 4. Transboundary flows of resources, people, goods and services in the Mekong region /​ Louis Lebel, Sopon Naruchaikusol, Muangpong Juntopas 5. Urbanization and sustainable development in the Mekong region /​ Carl Middleton, Dusita Krawanchid 6. Vulnerability of livelihoods in flood-prone areas along the Cambodian-Vietnam border /​ Nguyen Duy Can, Seak Sophat, Vo Hong Tu, Sok Khom, Chu Thai Hoanh 7. Increasing the benefits from contract farming to rural households in the Mekong region: insights from studies of rice and sugar /​ Saykham Voladet, Yanyong Inmuong, Aung Win Htut, Winston Set Aung, Men Prachvuthy, Louis Lebel, Graham Eagleton, Pippa Featherston, Angela Bush 8. Quantifying carbon emissions derived from China's investment and trade in the lower Mekong countries /​ Hu Tao, Cao Chunmiao 9. Transboundary fish trade in the lower Mekong basin: impacts on fisheries and rural employment in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Thailand /​ Raphael Glemet, Eleanor Elbert, Hap Navy, Douangkham Singhanouvong 10. Communicating water-related climate change risks: lessons from a multi-tool and multi-country study in the Mekong region /​ Ngo Cong Chinh, Yvette Clarke, Nguyen Hung Manh, Louis Lebel, Sakaradhorn Boontaveeyuwat, Seak Sophat, Bach Tan Sinh, Nguyen Tri Khiem 11. Climate change impacts on food security and livelihoods: case studies from Lao PDR and the Philippines /​ Linda M. Peñalba, Dulce D. Elazegui, Outhai Soukhy, Mayo Grace C. Amit, Felino P. Lansigan, Francis John F. Faderogao 12. The impact of urbanization on the hinterlands: perceptions of households in the hinterlands of Khon Kaen, Thailand and Vang Vieng, Lao PDR /​ Maniemai Thongyou, Bounthavy Sosamphanh, Thanapauge Chamaratana, Monchai Phongsiri, Louis Lebel 13. Greenhouse gas emissions from tourism service providers in Chiang Mai, Thailand and Hue, Vietnam /​ Sivanappan Kumar, Kyoko Kusakabe, Pravakar Pradhan, Pujan Shrestha, Srujana Goteti, Tran Anh Tuan, Ekawit Meteejaroenwong, Trinnawat Suwanprik, Khanh Linh 14. Evaluation of the impact of pilot payments for forest environmental services (PFES) in Lam Dong Province, Vietnam /​ Bui Duc Tinh, Tran Huu Tuan, Phong Tran 15. Integrating community-based participatory carbon measurement and monitoring with satellite remote sensing and GIS in REDD+ MRV systems /​ Jay H. Samek, Usa Kinhom, David L. Skole, Pornchai Uttaruk, Teerawong Laosuwan, Phung Van Khoa, Sithong Thongmanivong, Chetphong Butthep, Do Xuan Lan, Nguyen Xuan Giap 16. Getting to the source: community planning and costing of adaptation interventions in Vietnam and Lao PDR /​ Caitlin Corner-Dolloff, Julian Moll-Rocek 17. Place-based lessons for regional economic development and sustainability /​ Louis Lebel, Chu Thai Hoanh, Chayanis Krittasudthacheewa.

"Rapid economic growth coupled with current and projected climate risks are challenging livelihoods and ecosystems in the Mekong Region. In some locations unsustainable development has created or deepened vulnerabilities to climate change as well as global, regional, and transborder socioeconomic processes. More accessible and appropriate information is urgently needed on ways to reduce the negative aspects of development and adapt to the impacts of climate change in this region. This book improves our understanding of the linkages between drivers, opportunities, and constraints on the sustainability of the Mekong Region's ecosystems - at the transboundary, subnational, and local levels. Economic integration, urbanization, and climate change have impacts that vary greatly among locations. Hence, one key lesson in this book is that it is important to tailor policies and actions to specific places and communities, paying particular attention to the most vulnerable sections of the population, and the capacities of local actors. These multi-site and -country case studies provide much stronger tests of the merits and limitations of common policies than studies carried out in a single country, underlining the benefits of collaborative research."--Website.

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