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Knowing the Salween River: Resource Politics of a Contested Transboundary River

Editors:

  1. Carl Middleton

    1. Center of Excellence for Resource Politics in Social Development, Center for Social Development Studies, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

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  2. Vanessa Lamb

    1. School of Geography, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

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  • Fills major knowledge gap on a major river in Southeast Asia, with empirical and conceptual contributions

  • Provides a multi-disciplinary perspective by a range of writers, including academics, policy-makers and civil society researchers, the majority from within Southeast Asia

  • Offers new policy insights on a river at the cross-roads of a major political and development transition

Part of the book series: The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science (APESS, volume 27)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction: Resources Politics and Knowing the Salween River

    • Vanessa Lamb, Carl Middleton, Saw Win
    Pages 1-15Open Access

  3. Salween: What’s in a Name?

    • Vanessa Lamb
    Pages 17-25Open Access

  4. Hydropower Politics and Conflict on the Salween River

    • Carl Middleton, Alec Scott, Vanessa Lamb
    Pages 27-48Open Access

  5. From Hydropower Construction to National Park Creation: Changing Pathways of the Nu River

    • Yu Xiaogang, Chen Xiangxue, Carl Middleton
    Pages 49-69Open Access

  8. A State of Knowledge of the Salween River: An Overview of Civil Society Research

    • Vanessa Lamb, Carl Middleton, Saw John Bright, Saw Tha Phoe, Naw Aye Aye Myaing, Nang Hom Kham et al.
    Pages 107-120Open Access

  17. Future Trajectories: Five Short Concluding Reflections

    • Chayan Vaddhanaphuti, Khin Maung Lwin, Nang Shining, Pianporn Deetes, R. Edward Grumbine
    Pages 279-303Open Access

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 305-324
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About this book

This open access book focuses on the Salween River, shared by China, Myanmar, and Thailand, that is increasingly at the heart of pressing regional development debates. The basin supports the livelihoods of over 10 million people, and within it there is great socio-economic, cultural and political diversity. The basin is witnessing intensifying dynamics of resource extraction, alongside large dam construction, conservation and development intervention, that is unfolding within a complex terrain of local, national and transnational governance. With a focus on the contested politics of water and associated resources in the Salween basin, this book offers a collection of empirical case studies that highlights local knowledge and perspectives. Given the paucity of grounded social science studies in this contested basin, this book provides conceptual insights at the intersection of resource governance, development, and politics of knowledge relevant to researchers, policy-makers and practitioners at a time when rapid change is underway.

-   Fills a significant knowledge gap on a major river in Southeast Asia, with empirical and conceptual contributions

-   Inter-disciplinary perspective and by a range of writers, including academics, policy-makers and civil society researchers, the majority from within Southeast Asia

-   New policy insights on a river at the cross-roads of a major political and development transition

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Keywords

  • Salween River
  • Transboundary Water Governance
  • Political Ecology
  • Resource Politics
  • Politics of Knowledge
  • Open Access
  • Environmental Geography
  • water policy
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Reviews

“Knowing the Salween River is a welcome addition to the research on transboundary water conflicts, environmental politics, and Southeast Asia resource issues. … it is a clearly written and accessible book. For all of us, it is an important opportunity to educate ourselves about the challenges facing communities in the basin, and to learn about their efforts to create just and sustainable futures.” (Coleen Fox, Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, Vol. 41, 2020)

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Editors and Affiliations

  • Center of Excellence for Resource Politics in Social Development, Center for Social Development Studies, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

    Carl Middleton

  • School of Geography, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

    Vanessa Lamb

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Softcover Book USD 59.99
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