Improving methodologies for transboundary impact assessment in transboundary watercourses: Navigation Channel Improvement project of the Lancang-Mekong River from China-Myanmar Boundary Marker 243 to Ban Houei Sai of Laos

Naho Mirumachi; Mikiyasu Nakayama

doi:10.1080/07900620701400153

Improving methodologies for transboundary impact assessment in transboundary watercourses: Navigation Channel Improvement project of the Lancang-Mekong River from China-Myanmar Boundary Marker 243 to Ban Houei Sai of Laos

Naho Mirumachi^*, Mikiyasu Nakayama

^*Corresponding author for this work

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This paper analyzes the factors underpinning transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) methodologies through an examination of the Navigation Channel Improvement Project of the Lancang-Mekong River from China-Myanmar Boundary Marker 243 to Ban Houei Sai of Laos. A comparison of the project's expected and reported transboundary impacts shows that the EIA failed to predict a number of adverse impacts, including social and economic impacts. The restricted scale and scope of the transboundary impact assessment (TIA) is probably due to certain fundamental restrictions on how the EIA was conducted. The case study highlights the importance of public involvement ( including advance notification) and adequate regulatory frameworks or guidelines in the EIA and TIA processes.

Original language	English
Article number	N/A
Pages (from-to)	411-425
Number of pages	15
Journal	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
Volume	23
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/07900620701400153
Publication status	Published - 2007

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Mirumachi, N., & Nakayama, M. (2007). Improving methodologies for transboundary impact assessment in transboundary watercourses: Navigation Channel Improvement project of the Lancang-Mekong River from China-Myanmar Boundary Marker 243 to Ban Houei Sai of Laos. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, 23(3), 411-425. Article N/A. https://doi.org/10.1080/07900620701400153

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Mirumachi, N & Nakayama, M 2007, 'Improving methodologies for transboundary impact assessment in transboundary watercourses: Navigation Channel Improvement project of the Lancang-Mekong River from China-Myanmar Boundary Marker 243 to Ban Houei Sai of Laos', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, vol. 23, no. 3, N/A, pp. 411-425. https://doi.org/10.1080/07900620701400153

Improving methodologies for transboundary impact assessment in transboundary watercourses: Navigation Channel Improvement project of the Lancang-Mekong River from China-Myanmar Boundary Marker 243 to Ban Houei Sai of Laos. / Mirumachi, Naho; Nakayama, Mikiyasu.
In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, Vol. 23, No. 3, N/A, 2007, p. 411-425.

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