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Last Days of the Mighty Mekong
Taschenbuch von Brian Eyler
Sprache: Englisch

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Celebrated for its natural beauty and its abundance of wildlife, the Mekong river runs thousands of miles through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Its basin is home to more than 70 million people and has for centuries been one of the world's richest agricultural areas and a biodynamic wonder. Today, however, it is undergoing profound changes. Development policies, led by a rising China in particular, aim to interconnect the region and urbanize the inhabitants. And a series of dams will harness the river's energy, while also stymieing its natural cycles and cutting off food supplies for swathes of the population.

In Last Days of the Mighty Mekong, Brian Eyler travels from the river's headwaters in China to its delta in southern Vietnam to explore its modern evolution. Along the way he meets the region's diverse peoples, from villagers to community leaders, politicians to policy makers. Through conversations with them he reveals the urgent struggle to save the Mekong and its unique ecosystem.
Celebrated for its natural beauty and its abundance of wildlife, the Mekong river runs thousands of miles through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Its basin is home to more than 70 million people and has for centuries been one of the world's richest agricultural areas and a biodynamic wonder. Today, however, it is undergoing profound changes. Development policies, led by a rising China in particular, aim to interconnect the region and urbanize the inhabitants. And a series of dams will harness the river's energy, while also stymieing its natural cycles and cutting off food supplies for swathes of the population.

In Last Days of the Mighty Mekong, Brian Eyler travels from the river's headwaters in China to its delta in southern Vietnam to explore its modern evolution. Along the way he meets the region's diverse peoples, from villagers to community leaders, politicians to policy makers. Through conversations with them he reveals the urgent struggle to save the Mekong and its unique ecosystem.
Über den Autor
Brian Eyler is Director of the Southeast Asia Program at the Stimson Center in Washington, D.C. He spent more than 15 years living and working in China and Southeast Asia and is widely recognized as a leading voice on environmental, energy, and water security issues in the Mekong region.
Zusammenfassung
Exposes the catastrophic environmental degradation occurring at the hands of escalating China-US rivalry.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction

1. Yubeng: The Last Shangri-la
2. Damming the Upper Mekong
3. The Erhai Valley
4. The Akha as Modern Zomians
5. The Golden Triangle in Transition
6. Laos as a Contested Space
7. Damming the Lower Mekong
8. Phnom Penh and Boeung Kak Lake
9. The Tonle Sap
10. Whither the Mekong Delta
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Asian Arguments
ISBN-13: 9781783607198
ISBN-10: 178360719X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Eyler, Brian
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Academic
Zed Books
Abbildungen: 11 Maps, 1 Index
Maße: 216 x 136 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Brian Eyler
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.02.2019
Gewicht: 0,421 kg
Artikel-ID: 112928224
Über den Autor
Brian Eyler is Director of the Southeast Asia Program at the Stimson Center in Washington, D.C. He spent more than 15 years living and working in China and Southeast Asia and is widely recognized as a leading voice on environmental, energy, and water security issues in the Mekong region.
Zusammenfassung
Exposes the catastrophic environmental degradation occurring at the hands of escalating China-US rivalry.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction

1. Yubeng: The Last Shangri-la
2. Damming the Upper Mekong
3. The Erhai Valley
4. The Akha as Modern Zomians
5. The Golden Triangle in Transition
6. Laos as a Contested Space
7. Damming the Lower Mekong
8. Phnom Penh and Boeung Kak Lake
9. The Tonle Sap
10. Whither the Mekong Delta
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Asian Arguments
ISBN-13: 9781783607198
ISBN-10: 178360719X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Eyler, Brian
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Academic
Zed Books
Abbildungen: 11 Maps, 1 Index
Maße: 216 x 136 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Brian Eyler
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.02.2019
Gewicht: 0,421 kg
Artikel-ID: 112928224
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