Environmental security, broadly defined as integrated analysis of the social and ecological aspects of environmental problems, is gaining influence as nations begin to expand beyond traditional conceptions of national security. The Mekong River basin provides an instructive example of challenges to the evolution of environmental security in Asia. An overview of six main security stressors – ecosystem degradation, food, energy, water, development, and climate change – reveals the need for transboundary governance reform. China may be in a position to undertake new leadership in the Mekong, which could result in more cooperation, but only if that leadership embraces more deliberative and inclusive behaviour. © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
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https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2017.1348938Altmetric score:
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Publication year
2022
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Language
English
Keywords
food, energy, water, development, climate change
Geographic
China, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam
