Environmental justice and Chinese dam-building in the global South

G Siciliano, D Del Bene, A Scheidel, J Liu… - Current Opinion in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•Chinese hydropower dominates the international hydropower
industry.•Contested aspects of Chinese large hydropower dam development are …

The belt and road initiative and its implications for global renewable energy development

Q Geng - Current sustainable/renewable energy reports, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This article first demonstrates the natural potential of renewable
energy development in BRI countries; second, the Rising Power Framework is introduced to …

China's dam-builders: Their role in transboundary river management in South-East Asia

F Urban, G Siciliano, J Nordensvard - International Journal of Water …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This article investigates China's role as the world's largest builder of and investor in large
dams, focussing on the Greater Mekong Sub-Region in South-East Asia. It addresses the …

[HTML][HTML] Technology transfer in the hydropower industry: An analysis of Chinese dam developers' undertakings in Europe and Latin America

J Kirchherr, N Matthews - Energy Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Technology transfer is essential for transitioning to a low carbon economy which can include
hydropower. Chinese dam developers allegedly dominate the global hydropower industry …

[HTML][HTML] The financialization of rivers: Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) subsidized hydropower in the Mekong Region's basins at risk

S Motta, I Böck, J Koehler, AT Wolf… - Global Environmental …, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract The Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is a key carbon offset
scheme that underpins the global carbon market. This mechanism leaves out many other …

[PDF][PDF] Immaterial infrastructures and conflict in the Salween River basin

S Motta, AT Wolf, ELF Schipper - Water Alternatives, 2023 - water-alternatives.org
This paper historicises Burmese and Thai efforts to cooperate around hydraulic
infrastructure construction in the conflictual Salween landscape. Transboundary water …

Theorising the political economy of dams: towards a research agenda

T Lavers, B Dye - Available at SSRN 3538193, 2019 - papers.ssrn.com
The politics of dams has been analysed from a range of disciplinary perspectives–including
comparative politics, international relations, political economy and political ecology–and at …

The politics of dam resurgence: High modernist statebuilding and the emerging powers in Africa

B Dye - 2018 - ora.ox.ac.uk
Following a decade from the mid-1990s that saw a near cessation in dam building, the
infrastructure has returned. This phenomenon is controversial because dams' social and …

Politicization of science in the Lancang–Mekong Basin: The eyes on earth study

R Grünwald, Y Feng, W Wang - International Journal of Water …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT In April 2020, the Eyes on Earth published a comprehensive research study
presenting new evidence about the changing dynamics of the Lancang–Mekong River water …

[PDF][PDF] Entangled enclaves: Dams, volatile rivers, and Chinese infrastructural engagement in Cambodia

M Käkönen - Advances in Southeast Asian Studies, 2023 - researchportal.helsinki.fi
This article seeks to advance understanding of the changing interconnections between
rivers, infrastructure, and power relations as well as how these are increasingly shaped by a …