Journal Articles

Al-Fattal, R. (2009). The tragedy of the commons: Institutions and fisheries management at the local and EU levels. Review of Political Economy, 21(4), 537–547. https://doi.org/10.1080/09538250903214834

Budryte, P., Heldt, S., & Denecke, M. (2018). Foundations of the participatory approach in the Mekong River basin management. The Science of the Total Environment, 622-623, 349–361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.345

Cunsolo, A., & Ellis, N. R. (2018). Ecological grief as a mental health response to climate change-related loss. Nature Climate Change, 8(4), 275. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0092-2

Gerlak, A. K., & Mukhtarov, F. (2016). Many faces of security: Discursive framing in cross-border natural resource governance in the Mekong River Commission. Globalizations, 13(6), 719–740. https://doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2015.1134133

Hardin, G. (1968). The tragedy of the commons. Science, 162(3859), 1243–1248. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.162.3859.1243

Hobbs, R. J. (2013). Grieving for the past and hoping for the future: Balancing polarizing perspectives in conservation and restoration. Restoration Ecology, 21(2), 145–148. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.12014

Jacobs, J. (2002). The Mekong River Commission: transboundary water resources planning and regional security. Geographical Journal, 168(4), 354–364. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0016-7398.2002.00061.x

Le Dang, H., Li, E., Nuberg, I., & Bruwer, J. (2014). Understanding farmers’ adaptation intention to climate change: A structural equation modelling study in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Environmental Science & Policy, 41, 11–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2014.04.002

Rippetoe, P. A., & Rogers, R. W. (1987). Effects of components of protection-motivation theory on adaptive and maladaptive coping with a health threat. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 52(3), 596–604. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.52.3.596

Suhardiman, D., Giordano, M., & Molle, F. (2015). Between interests and worldviews: The narrow path of the Mekong River Commission. Environment and Planning. C, Government & Policy, 33(1), 199–217. https://doi.org/10.1068/c11191

Windle, P. (1992). The ecology of grief. BioScience, 42(5), 363–366. https://doi.org/10.2307/1311783

Yong, M. L. (2020). Reclaiming community spaces in the Mekong River transboundary commons: Shifting territorialities in Chiang Khong, Thailand. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 61(2), 203–218. https://doi.org/10.1111/apv.12257

Zamani, G. H., Gorgievski-Duijvesteijn, M. J., & Zarafshani, K. (2006). Coping with drought: Towards a multilevel understanding based on conservation of resources theory. Human Ecology, 34(5), 677–692. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-006-9034-0

Ziv, G., Baran, E., Nam, S., Rodriguez-Iturbe, I., & Levin, S. (2012). Trading-off fish biodiversity, food security, and hydropower in the Mekong River Basin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, 109(15), 5609–5614. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1201423109

 

 

Books

Gardner, G., & Stern, P. (2002). Environmental problems and human behavior. (2nd ed.). Pearson Custom Pub.

 

 

Websites

Beech, H. (2019, October 12). ‘Our River Was Like a God’: How Dams and China’s Might Imperil the Mekong. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/world/asia/mekong-river-dams-china.html?auth=login-google.

Board, J. (2020, January 12). ‘The colour is blue’: Strange changes to Mekong River as hydropower dams and climate change make their mark. CNA. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/mekong-river-colour-xayaburi-dam-laos-hydroelectric-power-12244064.

Eyler, B. (2020, April 13). New Evidence: How China Turned Off the Tap on the Mekong River. Stimson Center. https://www.stimson.org/2020/new-evidence-how-china-turned-off-the-mekong-tap/.

Lovgren, S. (2018, August 23). Southeast Asia May Be Building Too Many Dams Too Fast. National Geographic. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/08/news-southeast-asia-building-dams-floods-climate-change/.

Lovgren, S. (2019, July 31). Mekong River at its lowest in 100 years, threatening food supply. National Geographic. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/07/mekong-river-lowest-levels-100-years-food-shortages/.

Mai , N. C. (2020, March 6). Vietnam’s Mekong Delta Declares Emergency on Devastating Drought. Bloomberg Green. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-06/vietnam-s-mekong-delta-declares-emergency-on-devastating-drought.

Nijhuis, M. (2015). Harnessing the Mekong or Killing It? National Geographic. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2015/05/mekong-river-dams/.

 

Images

Board, J. (2020). A fisherman stands in the cold mist descended on the Mekong River in the early morning, near Luang Prabang. [Online image]. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/mekong-river-colour-xayaburi-dam-laos-hydroelectric-power-12244064

Board, J. (2020). The Mekong river appears to have a blue colour in parts down river from the Xayaburi Dam, due to low water flow. [Online image]. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/mekong-river-colour-xayaburi-dam-laos-hydroelectric-power-12244064

Board, J. (2020). Vegetable growing has become more difficult on the less stable, less nutrient rich banks of the Mekong. [Online image]. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/mekong-river-colour-xayaburi-dam-laos-hydroelectric-power-12244064

[Header image] Iaopradistha, S. (2019). Photo of the Mekong River on the Thai-Lao border in Chiang Rai in July 2019. [Online image]. https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/1713756/china-must-be-sincere-on-mekong

Mott, J. (2011). The Mekong River, teeming with hundreds of species of fish, has for centuries been the lifeline of villages in Laos and Vietnam. [Online image]. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/18/world/asia/18mekong.html?searchResultPosition=4

MRC. (2020). Governance and Organisational Structure. [Online image]. http://www.mrcmekong.org/about-mrc/governance-and-organisational-structure/#:~:text=The%20MRC%20Council%20approved%20the,and%20Technical%20Support%20(Division).

Nam, B. D. (n.d.). Fishing in the Tonle Sap Lake. [Online image]. https://pixabay.com/photos/tonle-sap-lake-boat-fishing-4493428/

Nguyen, T. (n.d.). Rice field in the Mekong Delta. [Online image]. https://pixabay.com/photos/mekong-delta-rice-field-countryside-4193220/

Stimson Center. (2020). Impact of the 2019 Drought. [Online image]. https://www.stimson.org/2020/new-evidence-how-china-turned-off-the-mekong-tap/

Stimson Center. (2020). Mekong Mainstream Dams. [Online image]. https://www.stimson.org/2020/new-evidence-how-china-turned-off-the-mekong-tap/

Tien, D. L. (n.d.). Vietnam Terraces. [Online image]. https://pixabay.com/photos/agriculture-vietnam-terraces-3732476/

Vinh, Q. N. (n.d.). Floating Market in Vietnam. [Online image]. https://pixabay.com/photos/floating-market-on-the-river-culture-3013639/

WLE (n.d.). Reference map for the Mekong, Red, Irrawaddy, and Salween River Basins. [Online image]. https://wle-mekong.cgiar.org/changes/our-research/greater-mekong-dams-observatory/