Climate change in the Asian highlands: socio-economic implications for the Mekong Region

This chapter looks at the implications of climate change in the Asian highlands and growing socio-economic pressures on resources that, in combination, are set to pose far-reaching impacts for the diverse ecosystems and societies in the Mekong region. This chapter argues for more inclusive goernance...

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Main Author: Xu, Jianchu
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: Earthscan 2011
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/42132
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Summary:This chapter looks at the implications of climate change in the Asian highlands and growing socio-economic pressures on resources that, in combination, are set to pose far-reaching impacts for the diverse ecosystems and societies in the Mekong region. This chapter argues for more inclusive goernance processes to adress these complex and multi-layered impacts, both climate- and development-related, within the various socio-political and ecological landscapes in the Mekong region.