Chinese Hydropower Development in Africa and Asia : Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Global Dam-Building

Cover -- Endrosement -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 China's hydropower development in Africa and Asia: Implications for resource access and development -- Chinese hydropower development goes global -- Geography and status of Chinese overseas dam projects -- Profile and role of Chinese financiers of overseas dam investments -- The content of this book: China's overseas dam investments and implications for resource access and development -- Chapter 2: Rewards and risks of Chinese hydropower in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) -- Chapter 3: China's investment in African hydropower: How to govern the water-energy nexus? -- Chapter 4: Benchmarking the environmental and social management policies and practices of Chinese overseas dam builders -- Chapter 5: The political ecology of rising China: Case study of Chinese hydropower dams in Africa and Asia -- Chapter 6: The environmental and social governance of the Bui Dam project in Ghana -- Chapter 7: The environmental and social governance of the Kamchay Dam in Cambodia -- Chapter 8: Process and project failures in dam-building in Nigeria: The case of Zamfara Hydropower Dam -- Chapter 9: Chinese dam-building, renewable energy and socio-ecological change in east Malaysia -- Chapter 10: Global dam-building: challenges and opportunities for sustainable development -- Note -- References -- Chapter 2 Rewards and risks of Chinese hydropower in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) -- Introduction -- China's nexus-based development policy and the flow and characteristics of capital in GMS hydropower -- Going global 2.0: Bundling aid, trade, and investments -- Risks across water, energy, food, and the environment -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References