@article{fdi:010063590,
  title = {{B}etween interests and worldviews : the narrow path of the {M}ekong {R}iver {C}ommission},
  author = {{S}uhardiman, {D}. and {G}iordano, {M}. and {M}olle, {F}ran{\c{c}}ois},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{H}ydropower development is occurring at a rapid, though controversial, pace in the {M}ekong. {W}e highlight the role of scientific assessment in shaping the {M}ekong hydropower debate, taking the strategic environmental assessment of the twelve planned mainstream dams as a case study. {W}hile environmental impact assessments are designed as science-based decision-making tools, they have often been criticized in practice as a political means to justify already made development decisions. {I}n this case we demonstrate how the {M}ekong {R}iver {C}ommission, operating in a constrained political environment, has instead used environmental impact assessment as a way of providing political space and opening the discussion on dams to a wider public. {T}he main argument of this paper is that scientific assessment can be politically maneuvered to shape governance alliances at both national and transboundary levels, and to a certain extent democratize decision-making processes.},
  keywords = {{POLITIQUE} {DE} {DEVELOPPEMENT} ; {EXPLOITATION} {DES} {RESSOURCES} {NATURELLES} ; {AMENAGEMENT} {HYDROELECTRIQUE} ; {BARRAGE} ; {RESSOURCES} {EN} {EAU} ; {GESTION} ; {GOUVERNANCE} ; {IMPACT} {SUR} {L}'{ENVIRONNEMENT} ; {RELATION} {SCIENCE} {SOCIETE} ; {EXPERTISE} {SCIENTIFIQUE} ; {MEKONG} {BASSIN} ; {LAOS} ; {CAMBODGE} ; {VIET} {NAM} ; {THAILANDE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}nvironment and {P}lanning {C} : {G}overnment and {P}olicy},
  volume = {33},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {199--217},
  ISSN = {0263-774{X}},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.1068/c11191},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010063590},
}