Flood Pulses, International Watercourse Law, and Common Property Resources: A Case Study of the Mekong Lowlands

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Type:	Conference Paper
Author:	Fox, Coleen
Conference:	EGDI and UNU-WIDER Conference Unlocking Human Potential: Linking the Informal and Formal Sectors
Location:	Helsinki, Finland
Conf. Date:	September 17-18
Date:	2004
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10535/8146
Sector:	Water Resource & Irrigation
Region:	East Asia
Subject(s):	water resources common pool resources international law flood management rivers Mekong River region
Abstract:	"In river basins around the world, formal agreements based on international watercourse law are seen as important mechanisms for promoting sustainability and cooperation. While such agreements have been effective in avoiding conflict between states in the short term, success at the international scale can, paradoxically, undermine the foundations of ecological and social sustainability at the local scale, thereby threatening long-term stability. To investigate reasons for this problematic, cross-scale institutional interplay, the paper draws on a case study from the Mekong lowlands, a common pool resource upon which millions of people depend for their livelihoods."

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