The primary objective of this study is to assess the environmental and human impacts of all six great river(the Irrawaddy, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Yellow, Yangtze, and Lancang-Mekong river) mainstem and tributary dams and the plans by many countries for more hydropower utilizing the potential of these rivers as the continent’s energy lifeline.
Sample Chapter(s)
Co-Authors (52 KB)
Components of the Book:
- Co-Authors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Title Page
- Chapter 1 Irrawaddy River: Myanmar’s Lifeline
- Chapter 2 Brahmaputra and Ganges River System: Need for Remediation, Mitiga-tion, Restoration and Protection
- Chapter 3 Managing Yellow River Landscape to Reduce the Environmental Impacts of Soil Erosion, Siltation, Flooding and Pollution
- Chapter 4 Yangtze River: China’s Most Significant Navigation and Hydropower Power Lifeline
- Chapter 5 Impacts of Mekong-Lancang Mainstem and Tributary Dams on China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam
- Chapter 6 The Mekong Delta in Cambodia and Vietnam Is Subsiding and in Need of Remediation
- Chapter 7 Anthropic and Natural Sources of Arsenic in the Soils and Groundwater of the Mekong Delta
- Chapter 8 The Pulses of the Mekong River Basin: Rivers and the Livelihoods of Fish-ers and Farmers
- Postscript
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
Readership:
Students, academics, teachers, and other people attending or interested in headwaters of six great rivers of the world: Qingzang Plateau.
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Co-Authors
Kenneth R. Olson and Wadslin Frenelus
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Foreword
Kenneth R. Olson and Wadslin Frenelus
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Preface
Kenneth R. Olson and Wadslin Frenelus
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Title Page
Kenneth R. Olson and Wadslin Frenelus
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Chapter 1 Irrawaddy River: Myanmar’s Lifeline
Kenneth R. Olson, and Wadslin Frenelus
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Chapter 2 Brahmaputra and Ganges River System: Need for Remediation, Mitiga-tion, Restoration and Protection
Kenneth R. Olson, and Wadslin Frenelus
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Chapter 3 Managing Yellow River Landscape to Reduce the Environmental Impacts of Soil Erosion, Siltation, Flooding and Pollution
Kenneth R. Olson, and Wadslin Frenelus
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Chapter 4 Yangtze River: China’s Most Significant Navigation and Hydropower Power Lifeline
Kenneth R. Olson, and David R. Speidel
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Chapter 5 Impacts of Mekong-Lancang Mainstem and Tributary Dams on China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam
Kenneth R. Olson, and Wadslin Frenelus
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Chapter 6 The Mekong Delta in Cambodia and Vietnam Is Subsiding and in Need of Remediation
Kenneth R. Olson
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Chapter 7 Anthropic and Natural Sources of Arsenic in the Soils and Groundwater of the Mekong Delta
Kenneth R. Olson, and Khoe M. Chau
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Chapter 8 The Pulses of the Mekong River Basin: Rivers and the Livelihoods of Fish-ers and Farmers
Lois Wright Morton, and Kenneth R. Olson
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Postscript
Kenneth R. Olson, and Wadslin Frenelus
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Dedication
Kenneth R. Olson and Wadslin Frenelus
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Acknowledgements
Kenneth R. Olson and Wadslin Frenelus
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Kenneth R. Olson
Kenneth R. Olson is a professor emeritus of soil science in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Il-linois.
Wadslin Frenelus
Wadslin Frenelus is a Doctor of Hydraulic Engineering from the Depart-ment of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering at China Three Gorges University. He is a professor of Applied Hydraulics and Water Management at the State University of Haiti and Quisqueya University.