2002/12/01 by Jeffrey W. Jacobs, J. W. Jacobs · 165 citations
Engineering · Social Sciences · #Business #Cambodian History and Society #Commission #Engineering #Environmental planning #Environmental resource management #Environmental science #Geography #Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact #Interim #Mekong river #Political science #Structural basin #Transboundary Water Resource Management #Water resources #Work (physics)
paper · doi:10.1111/j.0016-7398.2002.00061.x
published in Geographical Journal 168(4), 354-364 (Wiley)
openalex publication_date 2002/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
The Mekong River Commission (MRC) was established in 1995 and represents a third chapter in the Mekong Project's organizational history. The MRC's predecessors – the Mekong Committee (1957–78) and the Interim Mekong Committee (1978–95) – operated under difficult circumstances, yet made many contributions to transboundary river basin planning and international diplomacy. The MRC's 2001 Work Programme represents a shift in Mekong basin planning from the era of the Mekong Committee. This shift is largely embodied by a change from a project–oriented focus to an emphasis on better management and preservation of existing resources. The MRC is in a position to help address the related issues of population growth, environmental preservation and regional security. In doing so, the MRC will benefit from the programmes and international collaboration established by its predecessors.