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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462797303321

Titolo

Greater Mekong subregion atlas of the environment / / Asian Development Bank

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manila, Philippines : , : Asian Development Bank, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

92-9254-112-9

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (310 p.)

Disciplina

621.360919

Soggetti

Natural resources - Mekong River Watershed

Natural resources - Southeast Asia

Ecology - Mekong River Watershed

Electronic books.

Mekong River Watershed Atlases

Mekong River Watershed Environmental conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Greater Mekong Subregional Profile; The Greater Mekong Subregion; Cambodia; Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China; Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Myanmar; Thailand; Viet Nam; Peoples of the Greater Mekong Subregion; Peoples and Cultures; Poverty and Environment; Environment and Natural Resources; Geology; River Basins and Wetlands; Seas and Coasts; Biodiversity; Development in the Greater Mekong Subregion; Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food Security; Water Availability, Demand, and Use; Energy

UrbanizationTransport; Tourism; Challenges and Responses; Human Resource Development; Climate Change and Natural Disasters; Regional Cooperation: Challenges and Opportunities; Information Resources; List of Tables; References; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Photo Credits; Acknowledgments; Indexes; Subject Index; Geographic Index; List of Maps and Satellite Images; Topography of the Greater Mekong Subregion; Population Distribution in the Greater Mekong Subregion, 2010; Cambodia; Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, PRC; Yunnan



Province, PRC; The Lao People's Democratic Republic; Myanmar; Thailand

Viet NamEthnic Groups of the Greater Mekong Subregion; Soil Types of the Greater Mekong Subregion; Satellite Image showing the South China Karst Complex, Guangxi, PRC; Satellite Image showing Bolaven Plateau in the Lao PDR; Major River Basins of the Greater Mekong Subregion; Ayeyarwady River Basin; Thanlwin River Basin; Chao Phraya River Basin; Mekong River Basin; Red River Basin; Pearl River Basin; Satellite Image showing the Ayeyarwady River Delta, Myanmar; Satellite Image showing Tonle Sap, Cambodia; Satellite Image showing Mangrove Forests in Koh Kong Province, Cambodia

Forest Cover in the Greater Mekong Subregion, 2010Satellite Images showing Rubber Plantations in Xishuangbanna Prefecture, Yunnan, PRC, 1998 and 2011; Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Greater Mekong Subregion; Protected Areas in the Greater Mekong Subregion; Land Use in the Greater Mekong Subregion; Rice Production in the Greater Mekong Subregion; Satellite Image showing Small-scale Agriculture in Isaan, Thailand; Satellite Image showing Rice Fields in the Mekong Delta, Viet Nam; Satellite Images showing Shifting Cultivation in Northern Lao PDR, 1993 and 2011

Satellite Image showing Establishment of a Commercial Plantation in Northern Myanmar, 2010 and 2011Dams, Present and Projected, in the Greater Mekong Subregion; Proposed GMS Cross-Border Electricity Transmission Network by 2025; Satellite Image showing Srinakarin Hydropower Dam, Thailand; Satellite Image showing Nam Ngum Hydropower Dam, Lao PDR; Satellite Images showing Development of Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, 1990 and 2011; Satellite Images showing Kunming, Yunnan, PRC, 1992 and 2011; Transport Corridors of the Greater Mekong Subregion

Railway Network, Present and Projected, of the Greater Mekong Subregion