Opportunities and Challenges for the Greater Mekong Subregion

Charles Samuel Johnston has recently retired from the School of Hospitality and Tourism at Auckland University of Technology, where he had lectured from 1998 to 2018. His main research themes focus on tourism in Asia and in cities, and on the relationship between tourism and socio-economic development.Xin Chen is Research Fellow and Program Officer at the New Zealand Asia Institute of the University of Auckland. Her research interests focus on East Asian regional integration, China-Asia relations, and Chinese politics.

• List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors 1. Introduction: Economic Growth and Community Construction at the Greater Mekong Subregion (Xin Chen and Charles Samuel Johnston) 2. Constructing a region (the GMS) out of a river (Nicholas Tarling) 3. 100% Pure Mekong: The Key to Identity, Development and Tourism in the GMS? (Charles Samuel Johnston) 4. Developmental change in the GMS: Economic growth yes, community construction? (Kenneth Jackson) 5. The Sino-American Strategic Rivalry in the Mekong Development (Dinar Swastiningtyas Theosa) 6. Regional Cooperation through the Greater Mekong Subregion Program: Focus on Hydropower Development and the Mekong Power Grid (Nayeon Shin, Seungho Lee and Ilpyo  ong) 7. Vietnam Mekong River Delta: A Regional Connection Perspective (Bui Quang Binh) 8. Participatory Water Governance and Impact Assessment: A Case Study of Hua Na Irrigation Project in Northeast Thailand (Kanokwan Manorom) 9. China and the Mekong: Domestic Hydro Politics (Xin Chen) Index

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