Resilience to Climate Change-Induced Challenges in the Mekong River Basin : The Role of the MRC

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dc.creatorSchmeier, Susanne
dc.date2014-03-11T21:15:14Z
dc.date2014-03-11T21:15:14Z
dc.date2011-05
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:55:18Z
dc.descriptionClimate change and its consequences, ranging from increased water variability to more extreme weather events and from sea level rise to ecosystem changes, introduce new challenges to transboundary watercourses, which already face a variety of collective action problems due to their border-crossing nature. Other changes occurring in river basins, such as changing water-use patterns, development of large infrastructure schemes, and changing socioeconomic development levels of riparian states also challenge the institutional capacity of current cooperative management mechanisms. Thus, River Basin Organizations (RBOs), which manage the river basins, must be highly adaptive to ensure not only resilience to change but also long-term sustainable development of the basin and its people. This paper examines the 'adaptation capacity' of the Mekong River Commission (MRC), which manages the Mekong River Basin, a river basin particularly vulnerable to challenges related to climate change as well as to human-caused change. Resilience may be encoded in treaty provisions, but in practice it depends on a broad array of factors, most importantly the capacity of the major institution established by the riparian states to cooperatively manage the river basin. Several key points have been identified regarding the contribution of the MRC to increasing resilience to environmental and human-caused change in the Mekong River Basin. The aim of the paper is to assess the adaptation capacity of a particular RBO, the MRC, and the related resilience of the Mekong River Basin with regard to climate change but including other challenges such as hydropower development and the related change induced in the basin. This assessment is based on an analytical framework developed with the overall aim to provide a means for assessing the adaptation capacity of RBOs and thus apply it to other river basins as well.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/05/14187896/resilience-climate-change-induced-challenges-mekong-river-basin-role-mrc
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/17249
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/17249
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/412972
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationWater papers;
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL LAND
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectALLOCATION OF WATER
dc.subjectANNUAL PRECIPITATION
dc.subjectANNUAL RUNOFF
dc.subjectAQUACULTURE
dc.subjectAQUATIC RESOURCES
dc.subjectBASIN AUTHORITY
dc.subjectBASIN COMMISSION
dc.subjectBASIN MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectBASIN TRANSFER
dc.subjectBASIN WATER
dc.subjectBIODIVERSITY
dc.subjectCAPACITY BUILDING
dc.subjectCAPACITY=BUILDING
dc.subjectCLIMATE
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectCOLLECTIVE ACTION
dc.subjectCONFLICT RESOLUTION MECHANISMS
dc.subjectDAM
dc.subjectDAM PROJECTS
dc.subjectDAMS
dc.subjectDECISION MAKING
dc.subjectDELTA REGION
dc.subjectDETERIORATION OF WATER
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT OF HYDROPOWER
dc.subjectDIKES
dc.subjectDROUGHT
dc.subjectDROUGHT MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectDRY SEASON
dc.subjectDRY SEASONS
dc.subjectENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectEQUITABLE USE OF WATER
dc.subjectEXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectFISH CATCH
dc.subjectFISH POPULATIONS
dc.subjectFISHERIES
dc.subjectFLOOD CONTROL
dc.subjectFLOOD MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectFLOOD PROTECTION
dc.subjectFLOOD RISK
dc.subjectFLOOD SEASON
dc.subjectFLOW REGIME
dc.subjectGENERATION OF ELECTRICITY
dc.subjectHYDROLOGY
dc.subjectHYDROPOWER
dc.subjectHYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectHYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENTS
dc.subjectHYDROPOWER GENERATION
dc.subjectHYDROPOWER PLANTS
dc.subjectHYDROPOWER POTENTIAL
dc.subjectHYDROPOWER PROJECTS
dc.subjectHYDROPOWER SCHEMES
dc.subjectINTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL WATERCOURSES
dc.subjectIRRIGATED AGRICULTURE
dc.subjectLAKE
dc.subjectLAKES
dc.subjectLARGE HYDROPOWER
dc.subjectLEGAL BASIS
dc.subjectLOCAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectMANAGEMENT OF WATER
dc.subjectMEDIATORS
dc.subjectMETEOROLOGICAL DATA
dc.subjectMILLION PEOPLE
dc.subjectNATIONAL WATER RESOURCES
dc.subjectNATIONAL WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectNATURAL FLOWS
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectPRECIPITATION
dc.subjectPUBLIC PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectQUALITY OF WATER
dc.subjectRAINFALL
dc.subjectRESERVOIRS
dc.subjectRIPARIAN
dc.subjectRIPARIAN COUNTRIES
dc.subjectRIPARIAN STATE
dc.subjectRIPARIAN STATES
dc.subjectRIVER
dc.subjectRIVER AUTHORITY
dc.subjectRIVER BASIN
dc.subjectRIVER BASIN LEVEL
dc.subjectRIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectRIVER BASIN ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectRIVER BASINS
dc.subjectRIVER COMMISSION
dc.subjectRIVER FLOW
dc.subjectRIVERS
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectSALINE INTRUSION
dc.subjectSALINITY
dc.subjectSALINITY INTRUSION
dc.subjectSEA
dc.subjectSEDIMENT
dc.subjectSEDIMENT LOAD
dc.subjectSEDIMENTS
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE HYDROPOWER
dc.subjectTRANSBOUNDARY RIVER BASINS
dc.subjectTRIBUTARIES
dc.subjectTRIBUTARY
dc.subjectUSE OF WATER
dc.subjectWATER ALLOCATION
dc.subjectWATER ALLOCATION MECHANISMS
dc.subjectWATER AVAILABILITY
dc.subjectWATER BASINS
dc.subjectWATER DEMAND
dc.subjectWATER DIVERSIONS
dc.subjectWATER FLOW
dc.subjectWATER LAW
dc.subjectWATER LEVELS
dc.subjectWATER QUALITY
dc.subjectWATER QUANTITY
dc.subjectWATER RESOURCES
dc.subjectWATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectWATER SHORTAGES
dc.subjectWATER USE
dc.subjectWATER USE FOR IRRIGATION
dc.subjectWATER USES
dc.subjectWATERS
dc.titleResilience to Climate Change-Induced Challenges in the Mekong River Basin : The Role of the MRC

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