User:Devashree818/Hydropower in the Mekong River Basin/Bibliography

Discussion

Hydropower in the Mekong River Basin

• Potentially add a subsection on social impacts of hydropower in the local community. Previous coursework has focused environmental ramifications and effects on the local communities along the Mekong River. This subsection would focus on the short term and long term impacts that the building of dams has had on the communities in terms of livelihood and land use. Another aspect of this subsection would also focus on potential consequences and ramifications from dam breakages.

Comments on selecting sources: Hieup (talk) 03:12, 14 March 2022 (UTC)hieup

• The topic on the social impacts of the Mekong hydropower infrastructures is a very large one. There are many academic sources on it. Let's not use the last source; it is a magazine article. As you go through your sources, you might need to think about a focus for your paragraph.
• To widen your bibliography, do some further search on two first hydropower dams on the Mekong mainstream that we covered in class: Xayaburi Dam and Don Sahong Dam. There've been works on the Nam Theun 2 as well. For instance, this book has one section on social and environmental impacts. Shoemaker, Bruce ; Robichaud, William ; Santasombat, Yos ; Hirsch, Philip. Dead in the Water: Global Lessons from the World Bank’s Model Hydropower Project in Laos. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2018. (You want to find a e-copy of the book through our library system - here is the link). When you use this source, cite the specific book chapter that you use.

Next steps: 1) Think about the focus of your paragraph and consider to expand your bibliography. 2) Start to work on your Draft in your Sandbox Draft. Make sure you've carefully read the guide on your Sandbox Draft how to copy and paste materials in this sandbox.

Bibliography

• Johnson, Andrew Alan (2019-11-13). "The river grew tired of us: Spectral flows along the Mekong River". HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory. 9 (2): 390–404.
  • An ethnographic piece and so it focuses on the local communities changing perceptions of the Mekong River and how they associate with it. (Part of a Perusall assignment)

• Blake, David J. H.; Barney, Keith (2022-01-02). "Impounded rivers, compounded injustice: contesting the social impacts of hydraulic development in Laos". International Journal of Water Resources Development. 38 (1): 130–151.
  • a journal as well....listed as a cited source in Baird's article

• Baird, Ian G. (2021-09-19). "Catastrophic and slow violence: thinking about the impacts of the Xe Pian Xe Namnoy dam in southern Laos". The Journal of Peasant Studies. 48 (6): 1167–1186.
  • A peer reviewed journal so it is a reliable source and is notable because it covers in detail on the topic. It also provides a brief history of the Xe Pian Xe Namnoy dam. (Part of Perusall assignment)

• Soukhaphon, Akarath; Baird, Ian G.; Hogan, Zeb S. (2021-01). "The Impacts of Hydropower Dams in the Mekong River Basin: A Review". Water. 13 (3): 265.
  • A review part of a journal. Baird is also a co-author in this article so it lends credibility. Content of this review are very similar as it also discusses food and economic security.

• Grumbine, R. Edward; Xu, Jianchu (2011-04-08). "Mekong Hydropower Development". Science.
  • A journal. Discusses the biodiversity of the river and the people's livelihoods. There is also a section on what steps can be taken to address the issues with hydropower.
• International Rivers, Mekong Watch and Inclusive Development International. (2020, July). The Xepian-Xe Namnoy Dam disaster: Situation update two years on. https://www.internationalrivers. org/wp-content/uploads/sites/86/2020/08/ir-factsheet-2_year_xe_pian_dam_collapse_1_0.pdf
  • Community impacts on regarding the dam breakage after two years. More specifically, the situation in the camps for displaced families.