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1 online resource. |
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text file |
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International Water Law Ser.
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International Water Law Ser.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Intro -- Following the Proper Channels: Tributaries in the Mekong Legal Regime -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abstract -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Legislative Materials -- List of Cases -- Introduction -- 1 The Mekong River Basin -- 1.1 Physical Setting -- 1.2 Geology and Geomorphology -- 1.3 Climate -- 1.4 Water Resources -- 1.5 Mekong Tributaries -- 1.5.1 Tributaries in the Context of Holistic Water Resources Management -- 1.6 Chapter 1 Conclusion -- 2 Legal and Institutional Framework -- 2.1 The Mekong Legal Regime: 1957-1995 -- 2.1.1 1957-1975: The Mekong Committee, the 1957 Mekong Statute and the Water Charter -- 2.1.2 1975-1978: The Joint Declaration -- 2.1.3 1978-1995: The Interim Mekong Committee -- 2.2 1995-Present: The 1995 Mekong Agreement -- 2.2.1 The Mekong River Commission (MRC) -- 2.2.2 National Interests and Water Law -- 2.2.3 The Role of International Water Law -- 2.2.4 Waterscapes -- 2.2.5 Salient Provisions of the 1995 Mekong Agreement -- 2.2.6 The Sustainable Development Paradigm -- 2.2.7 Balancing Water Quality and Water Quantity in the Mekong Regime -- 2.3 Chapter 2 Conclusion -- 3 A Retrospective Look at Tributary Watercourse Law in the Mekong and Other Selected Legal Regimes -- 3.1 Evolution of Article 5(A) in the Mekong Legal Regime -- 3.2 Tributary Watercourse Law in Other Selected Legal Regimes -- 3.2.1 The 1909 Boundary Waters Treaty (us and Canada) -- 3.2.2 The 1961 Columbia River Treaty (US and Canada) and the Okanagan River Basin -- 3.2.3 A Community of Interest in Mekong Tributaries? The Influence of the River Oder and the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros (Hungary/Slovakia) Cases -- 3.2.4 Arizona v. California -- 3.2.5 The Nigeria-Niger Tributary Agreement -- 3.3 Chapter 3 Conclusion -- 4 Mekong Tributaries: Selected Case Studies -- 4.1 Hydropower Development on the Sesan River. |
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4.1.1 The Sesan River -- 4.1.2 Development of the Yali Falls Dam -- 4.2 The Thai Water Grid -- 4.3 The Legal and Scientific Imperatives for Demarginalizing Tributaries in the Mekong Legal Regime: Dams, Water Diversions, Biogeography, and the Evolving Contours of Climate Change -- 4.4 Chapter 4 Conclusion -- 5 The Mekong: The Archetypal Dissevered River Basin -- 5.1 Introduction: The Dissevered River Basin Concept -- 5.2 Chapter 5 Conclusion -- 6 A Flawed Vision? Deficiencies in the Mekong Legal Regime -- 6.1 Learning to Get Along: China and the LMRB States -- 6.2 The View Downstream: EIAS -- 6.3 The Transparency Issue: Stakeholder Participation and Access to Information -- 6.4 Crossing the Rubicon: Dispute Resolution -- 6.5 The Mekong Legal Regime Viewed through the Lens of the UN Watercourses Convention -- 6.6 Chapter 6 Conclusion -- 7 Conclusion: Demarginalizing Tributaries and Shifting the Mekong Legal and Policy Paradigm- A Proposal for the Way Ahead -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Water resources development -- Law and legislation -- Mekong River Watershed.
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Water resources development -- Law and legislation. |
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Mekong River Watershed. |
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Water-supply -- Mekong River Watershed.
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Water-supply. |
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Mekong River Watershed -- International status.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bearden, Bennett L. Following the proper channels. Leiden : Brill, 2018 9789004362598 (DLC) 2017061430 |
| ISBN |
9789004362604 (electronic book) |
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9004362606 (electronic book) |
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9789004362598 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/9789004362604 |
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