01423nam a2200217Ia 4500 CTU_122927 210402s9999 xx 000 0 und d 14.95 333.9100959 S631 Sluiter, Liesbeth The Mekong currency photography and text by Liesbeth Sluiter ; introduction by Grainne Ryder Bangkok Duang Kamol Co. 1992 The book captures lives and times of a river in poignant texts and intimate photo's the life of South-East Asia's mightiest river. Millions of people in Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam enjoy its wealth of fish, floodwaters and fertile mudplains. The river and its people are under direct threat. Prestigious dam projects are planned, which will alter the character of the river, affect the supply of water downstream, and force hundreds of thousands of people to resettle. The economic benefits of the dam projects are dubious. Controversy on the value of dams rages both in the North and the South, as the wealth generated by large dams usually flows to urban and industrial elites and influential landowners, at the expense of rural communities Water resources development,Mekong River Watershed Mekong River watershed,Economic conditions Hiếu, Huynh Mai Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ