Hydropower Development in the Mekong Region: Political, Socio-economic and Environmental Perspectives : Routledge : 9780415719131 : 0415719135 : 17 Nov 2014 : "This book aims to provide a basin wide analysis of the political, socio economic and environmental perspectives of hydropower development in the Mekong Basin. The Mekong Basin is one of the world's most important areas of biodiversity and home to over 70 million people, significant proportions of whom rely directly on these ecosystems for their livelihoods. It is also currently undergoing enormous social, economic, and ecological change of which hydropower development is one of the most significant components. The book includes chapters from China, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. The book draws from local experts at the region's premier academic institutions to provide a holistic analysis of the shifting socio-political contexts within which hydropower is being framed, legitimised and executed. The book's basin wide appro