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Last Days Of The Mighty Mekong
Last Days Of The Mighty Mekong
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Description: Celebrated for its natural beauty and its abundance of wildlife the Mekong river runs thousands of miles through China Myanmar Laos Thailand Cambodia and Vietnam. Its basin is home to more than 70 million people and has for centuries been one of the world's richest agricultural areas and a biodynamic wonder. Today however it is undergoing profound changes. Development policies led by a rising China in particular aim to interconnect the region and urbanize the inhabitants. And a series of dams will harness the river's energy while also stymieing its natural cycles and cutting off food supplies for swathes of the population. In Last Days of the Mighty Mekong Brian Eyler travels from the river's headwaters in China to its delta in southern Vietnam to explore its modern evolution. Along the way he meets the region's diverse peoples from villagers to community leaders politicians to policy makers. Through conversations with them he reveals the urgent struggle to save the Mekong and its unique ecosystem.
Title: Last Days Of The Mighty Mekong
Author(s): Eyler Brian (Stimson Center Usa)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781783607198
Pages: 384 Pages, 11 Bw Maps
Publication Date: 2/15/2019
Series: Asian Arguments
Category: Social Impact Of Environmental Issues
Description: Celebrated for its natural beauty and its abundance of wildlife the Mekong river runs thousands of miles through China Myanmar Laos Thailand Cambodia and Vietnam. Its basin is home to more than 70 million people and has for centuries been one of the world's richest agricultural areas and a biodynamic wonder. Today however it is undergoing profound changes. Development policies led by a rising China in particular aim to interconnect the region and urbanize the inhabitants. And a series of dams will harness the river's energy while also stymieing its natural cycles and cutting off food supplies for swathes of the population. In Last Days of the Mighty Mekong Brian Eyler travels from the river's headwaters in China to its delta in southern Vietnam to explore its modern evolution. Along the way he meets the region's diverse peoples from villagers to community leaders politicians to policy makers. Through conversations with them he reveals the urgent struggle to save the Mekong and its unique ecosystem.
Title: Last Days Of The Mighty Mekong
Author(s): Eyler Brian (Stimson Center Usa)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781783607198
Pages: 384 Pages, 11 Bw Maps
Publication Date: 2/15/2019
Series: Asian Arguments
Category: Social Impact Of Environmental Issues