@article{oai:sucra.repo.nii.ac.jp:00018650, author = {Takashi, Asaeda}, journal = {社会科学論集, SHAKAIKAGAKU-RONSHU (The Social Science Review)}, month = {}, note = {This paper aims to argue the extreme fragility of the ecosystem in the Lower Mekong Basin in the process of economic development in the Mekong region. The Lower Mekong Basin has been proud of its richness in nature and high biodiversity. The Basin’s ecosystem has, however, been endangered by the recent development factors such as the dam construction. The dam construction gives negative impacts on the river basin’s fish biodiversity. The dam also traps and curtails almost of all sediment flow to the downstream. The reduced sediment transport would result in the shrinkage of the delta area in Vietnam most seriously, where the channel bet would be eroded and much saltwater would be introduced into the river channel. In a couple of decades later, the modification just for the economic growth may change the river as an artificial unproductive channel., text, application/pdf}, pages = {135--140}, title = {On the verge of the Mekong River Environment}, volume = {156}, year = {2019} }