@article{fdi:010056500,
  title = {{M}egaprojects and social and environmental changes : {T}he case of the {T}hai "{W}ater {G}rid"},
  author = {{M}olle, {F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {F}loch, {P}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{L}arge-scale development of irrigation has long been an attractive option of postwar development, and the {M}ekong region has been no exception. {T}hailand has developed approximately four million hectares of irrigated land, and its northeastern region ({I}saan)-both the driest and poorest part of the country-has been the target of many water projects. {H}owever, "full development" of its potential has been constrained by the lack of storage sites and the difficulty of diverting water from the {M}ekong {R}iver. {S}everal ambitious projects have been discussed during the last 50 y, all of which have been aimed at "greening {I}saan." {I}n 2003, the {T}hai administration launched the idea of a national "water grid" that would triple the area of irrigated land in the country. {T}his paper analyzes the emergence of this megaproject, its governance, and its economic and environmental soundness.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}mbio},
  volume = {37},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {199--204},
  ISSN = {0044-7447},
  year = {2008},
  DOI = {10.1579/0044-7447(2008)37[199:{MASAEC}]2.0.{CO};2},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010056500},
}