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Environment, Energy and Sustainable Development – Sung, Kao & Chen (eds)

© 2014 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00053-7

Two sides of international environmental justice: Research

on China’s hydropower construction in Nanchang (Mekong) river

W. Luo

School of Law, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, P.R. China

ABSTRACT: China’s hydropower development in the Lancang (Mekong) River seems irreproachable

and aims to achieve environmental justice from the perspective to address climate change. But the con-

cerns about the adverse impact of the dam to the local and downstream countries’ minority and low-

income people are also severe. It is hard to judge whether hydropower development in Lancang (Mekong)

river is justice ...