Since the early 1990s, the Mekong basin has been transformed from a largely free-flowing
basin to one that is increasingly impounded by large hydropower dams, impacting river …

Resettlement is a governmental program with inherent spatial effects in that it drives the
rearrangement of capital, labour, and land, and seeks to render people and space more …

Abstract Nations in the Global South have turned to massive hydropower projects to provide
for the energy needs of their growing economies. Large-scale hydropower projects cause …

Sudden breaching of a saddle dam on July 23, 2018, on the perimeter of the Xe Nammoy
hydroelectric-power reservoir, recently constructed in the Mekong basin, southern Laos …

Different intellectual strands within political ecology have analyzed changing forms of
property institutions and the commons in particular. While engaging these topics from a …

The construction of hydroelectric dams in the Global South and emerging economies is
controversial; on one hand, advocates highlight the positive impacts at national and global …

Large areas of the rural Lao landscape are being rapidly transformed by infrastructure
development projects. Arguably, it is hydraulic development that is contributing most …

Hydroelectric dams generate adverse social and ecological consequences for communities
in their vicinity, particularly those situated in rural areas, far from urban centers, and lacking …

This paper argues that taking up questions of value can help political ecologists and
economists develop a more powerful analysis of the green economy, as it introduces new …

The 21st century has witnessed a resurgence of hydropower projects across the globe, with
the energy source an integral part of contemporary sustainable energy transitions. Yet, the …