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"[Copyright] Asian Development Bank"--T.p. verso.
"Publication stock no. 080403"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-208) and indexes.
Greater Mekong Subregional Profile
The Greater Mekong Subregion -- Camnodia -- Giangxi Zhuang Automous Region, People's Republic of China -- Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China -- Lao People's Democratic Republic -- Myanmar -- Thailand -- Viet Nam
People of the Greater Mekong Subregion d
Peoples and Cultures -- Poverty and Environment
Environment and Natural Resources
Geology -- River Basins and Wetlands -- Seas and Coasts -- Biodiversity
Development in the Greater Mekong Subregion
Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food Security --Water Availability, Demand, and Use -- Energy -- Urbanization -- Transport -- Tourism --
Challenges and Responses
Human Resource Development -- Climate Change and Natural Disasters -- Regional Cooperation: Challenges and Opportunities
Information Resources
List of tables -- Reference
The Atlas has six parts:
Part 1 Provides brief geographical, economic, and social profiles of the countries that make up the subregion.
Part 2 Presents the diversity of people of the subregion and their cultures, highlights the extent if their dependence on natural resources, and show why sustaining the environment is important for poverty reduction.
Part 3 discusses the state of the environment and natural resources - geology, river basins and wetlands, seas and coasts, forests, fauna and flora, and the conservation of biodiversity on protected areas