@article{PAR00002078,
  title = {{S}cales and power in river basin management : the {C}hao {P}hraya {R}iver in {T}hailand},
  author = {{M}olle, {F}ran{\c{c}}ois},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}nterventions on hydro/ecological systems by different categories of stakeholders characterised by different political, decision-making and discursive power, and varied access to resources, tend to generate costs, benefits and risks that are distributed unevenly across spatial and temporal scales and across social groups. {T}his is due to the interconnectedness of users through the hydrologic cycle entailed by their dependence upon the same resource. {A}s pressure over resources increases and basins 'close', this interdependence becomes more critical, increasing the frequency and seriousness of water shortages and conflicts. {A} political ecology approach seeks to identify and understand the mechanisms that underpin the transformations of aquatic socio-environmental systems. {B}asin interconnectedness, with its hydrological, ecological and social dimensions, and three instances of the concept of scale are shown to be relevant to the understanding of these transformations. {T}he paper analyses the case of the {C}hao {P}hraya river basin, in {T}hailand, and shows how land and water resources have been appropriated and identifies the different interest groups and their related discourses and power; it examines how they have adapted to socio-environmental changes, and highlights how risks, costs and benefits have been distributed.},
  keywords = {{T}hailand ; river basin management ; political ecology ; water resources ; allocation ; discourse ; {THAILANDE} ; {CHAO} {PHRAYA} {BASSIN}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{G}eographical {J}ournal},
  volume = {173},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {358--373},
  ISSN = {0016-7398},
  year = {2007},
  DOI = {10.1111/j.1475-4959.2007.00255.x},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00002078},
}