Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9788966921959
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Song of the Mekong River
Author: Song of the Mekong River
Author: Na-Mi ChoiPublisher: Big and SMALL
ISBN: 1925233529
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
"The Mekong River is called "the lifeline of Vietnam." The Vietnamese people's lives are dependent on the river. They build houses on it, do business on their boats, and farm crops at the mouth of the great Mekong River. This book is about Tui who lives in a water village."--Page 4 of cover.
Lower Mekong River Basin
Author: United States. Bureau of ReclamationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mekong River
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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River at Risk
Author: Milton E. OsbornePublisher: New Society Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
This Paper delves into the conflict in the Mekong between countries' desire for hydroelectric power to satisfy soaring demand and the Mekong's fragile ecosystem and role as a primary food source. Over 70 million people depend directly on the river for their livelihood. Effective regional governance of the Mekong is needed but is not forthcoming.
The Mekong River Basin
Author: Hong Quan NguyenPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0323914500
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
The Mekong River Basin: Ecohydrological Complexity from Catchment to Coast, Volume Three presents real facts, data and predictions for quantifying human-induced changes throughout the Mekong watershed, including its estuaries and coasts, and proposes solutions to decrease or mitigate the negative effect and enable sustainable development. This is the first work to link socio–ecological interaction study over the whole Mekong River basin through the lens of ecohydrology. Each chapter is written by a leading expert, with coverage on climate change, groundwater, land use, flooding drought, biodiversity and anthropological issues. Human activities are enormous in the whole watershed and are still increasing throughout the catchment, with severe negative impacts on natural resources are emerging. Among these activities, hydropower dams, especially a series of 11 dams in China, are the most critical as they generate massive changes throughout the system, including in the delta and to the livelihoods of millions of people and they threaten sustainability. Presents an extensive collection of eco-hydrological changes in the river basin driven by both nature and anthropological factors Provides state of the art modeling, data analysis methodologies for complex socio-ecological complexity applied in the Mekong river basin Includes specific cases of ecohydrology in the river basin, especially from the Mekong delta
The River's Tale
Author: Edward GarganPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 9780375705595
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Along the Mekong, from northern Tibet to Lijiang, from Luang Prabang to Phnom Penh to Can Lo, I moved from one world to another, among cultural islands often ignorant of each other’s presence. Yet each island, as if built on shifting sands and eroded and reshaped by a universal sea, was re-forming itself, or was being remolded, was expanding its horizons or sinking under the rising waters of a cultural global warming. It was a journey between worlds, worlds fragiley conjoined by a river both ominous and luminescent, muscular and bosomy, harsh and sensuous. From windswept plateaus to the South China Sea, the Mekong flows for three thousand miles, snaking its way through Southeast Asia. Long fascinated with this part of the world, former New York Times correspondent Edward Gargan embarked on an ambitious exploration of the Mekong and those living within its watershed. The River’s Tale is a rare and profound book that delivers more than a correspondent’s account of a place. It is a seminal examination of the Mekong and its people, a testament to the their struggles, their defeats and their victories.
Decision List
Author: United States Board on Geographical NamesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Accelerated Development, Plain of Reeds
Author: United States. Engineer Agency for Resources InventoriesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Plain of Reeds, Indochina
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Modeling of Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport in the Mekong Delta
Author: Vo Quoc ThanhPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 100041633X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
This research aims to investigate the prevailing sediment dynamics and the sediment budget in the Mekong Delta by using a process-based model. Understanding sediment dynamics for the Mekong Delta requires high resolution analysis and detailed data, which is a challenge for managers and scientists. This study introduces such an approach and focuses on modeling the entire system with a process-based approach with Delft3D-4 and Delft3D Flexible Mesh (DFM). The first model is used to explore sediment dynamics at the coastal zone. The latter model allows straightforward coupling of 1D and 2D grids, making it suitable for analyzing the complex river and canal network of the Mekong Delta. The validated model suggests that the Mekong Delta receives ~99 Mt/year sediment from the Mekong River. This is much lower than the common estimate of 160 Mt/year. Only about 23% of the modelled total sediment load at Kratie is exported to the sea. The remaining portion is trapped in the rivers and floodplains of the Mekong Delta. The results advance understanding of sediment dynamics and sediment budget in the Mekong Delta. As such the model is an efficient tool to support delta management and planning.
Development of the Lower Mekong Basin
Author: United States. Engineer Agency for Resources InventoriesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mekong River
Languages : en
Pages : 162
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