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THIRD WORLD QUARTERLY
Volume 37, Issue 1, Pages 51-70Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2015.1086634
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China; South Asia; transboundary rivers; Water-food-energy nexus; water infrastructure development; Southeast Asia
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The so-called 'nexus' approach has recently been promoted as addressing externalities across the water, food and energy sectors, thus helping to achieve 'water/energy/food security for all', 'equitable and sustainable growth' and a 'resilient and productive environment'. While these are noble goals, this article argues that the reality on the ground appears to be taking a different direction, at least when it comes to China and its neighbours in South and Southeast Asia. There, a new era of large-scale water infrastructure development is creating several security-related problems, which represent serious challenges to the nexus goals. These challenges include food-energy tensions, human security threats and ecological risks. These challenges can also be linked to rising friction surrounding the management of water, food and energy resources in the region. The article argues that, in order for the nexus goals to be achieved in China and the countries on its southern periphery, there must first be increased awareness of this nexus among policy-making elites.
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