Environmental Issues and Recent Infrastructure Development in the Mekong Delta: review, analysis and recommendations with particular reference to largescale water control projects and the development of coastal areas. Takehiko ‘Riko’ Hashimoto. Australian Mekong Resource Centre. University of Sydney. June 2001. | WORKING PAPER SERIES Working Paper No. 4 Environmental Issues and Recent Infrastructure Development in the Mekong Delta review analysis and recommendations with particular reference to largescale water control projects and the development of coastal areas Takehiko Riko Hashimoto Australian Mekong Resource Centre University of Sydney June 2001 Copyright Takehiko Riko Hashimoto 2001 No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the author. National Library of Australia Cataloguing Information Hashimoto Takehiko Riko Environmental Issues and Recent Infrastructure Development in the Mekong Delta Review Analysis and Recommendations with Particular Reference to Large-scale Water Control Projects and the Development of Coastal Areas ISBN 1 86487 180 6. 1. Hydraulic engineering - Mekong River Delta Vietnam and Cambodia . 2. Hydraulic structures - Mekong River Delta Vietnam and Cambodia . 3. Mekong River Delta Vietnam and Cambodia - environmental conditions. I. Australian Mekong Resource Centre. II. Title. Series Working paper Australian Mekong Resource Centre no. 4 . Call No. Other titles in AMRC Working Paper Series Cornford Jonathan 1999 Australian Aid Development Advocacy and Governance in the Lao PDR McCormack Gavan 2000 Water Margins Development and Sustainability in China Gunning-Stevenson Helen 2001 Accounting for Development Australia and the Asian Development Bank in the Mekong Region Cover layout Printed by Distributed by AMRC University of Sydney Printing Service Australian Mekong Resource Centre University of Sydney F09 NSW 2006 Australia Tel 61-2-9351 7796 Fax 61-2-9351 8627 email mekong@ su geography mekong Table of Contents 1. Background and The natural Mekong River and its Mekong General River discharge Ocean tide and wave .
