A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Integrated Water Resources Management - A Paradigm to Sustainable Development in Lao PDR?
Authors: Jusi S.
Publisher: Interscience Publisher
Publication year: 2012
Journal acronym: PIE
Number in series: 4
Volume: 7
Issue: 4
First page : 307
Last page: 321
Number of pages: 15
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/PIE.2012.054398
Abstract
There is a growing consensus that an approach of integrated water
resources management (IWRM) which includes elements of equity,
participation, coordination, sustainable development and inclusiveness can act
as the way forward for efficient and sustainable development and management
of limited water resources and for coping with conflicting demands. The Lao
PDR faces a challenge in improving the planning and management of water
resources at the same time as accelerating economic development by various
sectors (hydropower, agriculture, tourism and transport) is taking place. The
aim of the paper is to analyse the IWRM processes and to discuss about the
challenges and problems concerning the IWRM implementation towards
sustainable development in Lao PDR.
There is a growing consensus that an approach of integrated water
resources management (IWRM) which includes elements of equity,
participation, coordination, sustainable development and inclusiveness can act
as the way forward for efficient and sustainable development and management
of limited water resources and for coping with conflicting demands. The Lao
PDR faces a challenge in improving the planning and management of water
resources at the same time as accelerating economic development by various
sectors (hydropower, agriculture, tourism and transport) is taking place. The
aim of the paper is to analyse the IWRM processes and to discuss about the
challenges and problems concerning the IWRM implementation towards
sustainable development in Lao PDR.
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