The Water-Food-Energy Nexus in the Mekong Region: Assessing Development Strategies Considering Cross-Sectoral and Transboundary Impacts PDF
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Alexander Smajgl John Ward The Water-Food- Energy Nexus in the Mekong Region Assessing Development Strategies Considering Cross-Sectoral and Transboundary Impacts The Water-Food-Energy Nexus in the Mekong Region Alexander Smajgl (cid:129) John Ward The Water-Food-Energy Nexus in the Mekong Region Assessing Development Strategies Considering Cross-Sectoral and Transboundary Impacts Alexander Smajgl John Ward CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences Townsville, QLD, Australia Townsville, QLD, Australia ISBN 978-1-4614-6119-7 ISBN 978-1-4614-6120-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-6120-3 Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012953575 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013 This work is subject to copyright. 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Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specifi c statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) Acknowledgments The AusAID CSIRO Research for Development Alliance provided the funding for the Exploring Mekong Region Futures research project. This volume documents the deliberations and reviews of an expert panel conducted as an important aspect of the project’s overall research methodology. We are grateful for the valuable time and resources the experts enthusiastically contributed during the expert panel assessment. We especially thank the workshop participants for their efforts in cohering their individual Mekong region experiences and judgements into the col- lective wisdom articulated in this volume. The staff of the AusAID mission in Vientiane provided crucial and sustained support, particularly the enthusiasm, impartiality and sagacity of John Dore. We also acknowledge the leadership of the CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship and the Division of Ecosystem Sciences for their foresight and commitment. Finally, we acknowledge the substantial manu- script improvements due to the critical appraisal, corrections and insights sug- gested by several reviewers. v Contents 1 Mekong Region Connectivity .................................................................. 1 Alex Smajgl and John Ward 2 Water Sector Analysis .............................................................................. 19 Sokhem Pech 3 Food Security in the Wider Mekong Region ......................................... 61 David Fullbrook 4 Impacts of Natural Resource-Led Development on the Mekong Energy System ............................................................... 105 Tira Foran 5 Livelihoods and Migration ...................................................................... 143 Lilao Bouapao 6 Land-Use Change in the Mekong Region .............................................. 179 Lu Xing 7 Mining in the Mekong Region ................................................................ 191 Kate Lazarus 8 Cross-Sectoral Assessment ...................................................................... 209 Alex Smajgl and John Ward Annex A: System Diagram Illustrating the Connectivity Arising from Hydropower Development ...................................... 223 Annex B: System Diagram Illustrating the Connectivity Arising from Water Diversions ..................................................... 224 Annex C: System Diagram Illustrating the Connectivity Arising from Industrial Rubber Plantations .................................. 225 Annex D: System Diagram Illustrating the Connectivity Arising from Sea Level Rise ......................................................... 226 vii viii Contents Annex E: System Diagram Illustrating the Connectivity Arising from the Kunming to Phnom Penh Railway Connection ...................................................................... 227 Annex F: System Diagram Illustrating the Connectivity Arising from Bauxite Mining ........................................................ 228 Author Biographies ......................................................................................... 229 Glossary and Abbreviations ADB Asian development bank Alumina Aluminium oxide re fi ned from bauxite ore feedstock for the smelting of aluminium metal Aluminium refi ning Bauxite ore is fi nely crushed and dissolved in a solution of sodium hydroxide (caustic soda, or lye) under high tem- perature and pressure. Insoluble iron oxide, titanium, sodium, silica and other oxides are fi ltered out as sludge called ‘red mud’. The solution is then clari fi ed and sent to a precipitation tank where a small amount of aluminium hydroxide is added as a ‘seed’ that facilitates the crystalli- zation of aluminium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide. The crystals are then washed, vacuum dewatered and sent to a rotating kiln. The result is a fi ne white powder called alu- mina (aluminium oxide). Aluminium smelting The strong bonds between aluminium and oxygen in alu- mina makes its re fin ing into aluminium possible only by using enormous amounts of energy, more than that required in the production of any other metal, or in fact in any other industrial process. Primary aluminium processing is the most polluting phase of the aluminium production chain, resulting in air emissions and solid wastes. ARWR Annual renewable water resource BAU Business-as-usual (referring to incremental changes that occur in a system) Bauxite Aluminium ore, found principally in tropical and sub-tropi- cal areas Bayer process Procedure used to re fi ne bauxite ore into alumina BDP Basin development plan BS Baseline scenario DF De fi nite future ix
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