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Mekong related publications

The publications have been produced by the FFRC Mekong group’s researchers. The list includes publications made in previous FFRC projects and e.g. in HUT Water and Development Research Group

2009

  • Jusi, Sari (2009). Hydropower and Sustainable Development – Case Study of Lao PDR. Paper presented at Water Resources Management 2009 Conference. 9-11 September 2009, Marfa, Malta
  • Jusi, Sari (2009). Progress towards Integrated Water Resources Management in Lao PDR. International Journal of River Basin Management, Vol. 7, No. 1.
  • Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, S. & Vihma, A. (2009, forthcoming). Comparing the Legitimacy and Effectiveness of Global Hard and Soft Law: An Analytical Framework. Regulation & Governance 3 (4)
  • Korkeakoski, Mika (2009) Impact of Micro Hydropower Based (MHP) electrification on rural livelihoods: Case study Nam Mong in Luang Prabang Province, Lao PDR. M.Sc Thesis. https://jyx.jyu.fi/dspace/bitstream/handle/123456789/22636/URN_NBN_fi_jyu-200912144518.pdf?sequence=1
  • Käkönen, Mira and Hirsch, Philip (2009). The Anti-Politics of Mekong Knowledge Production. In Molle, Francois; Foran, Tira and Käkönen, Mira (eds), Contested Waterscapes in the Mekong Region: Hydropower, Livelihoods and Governance, pp. 333-365. London: Earthscan.
  • Luukkanen, Jyrki  (2009) Economics of Energy in Developing Countries. Paper presented in the conference ‘Towards a Green New Deal: The New Energy and Climate Policy’, Salzburg, Austria 31.8.-4.9.2009
  • Vihma, A. (2009). Friendly Neighbor or a Trojan Horse? Assessing the Influence of soft law initiatives on the UN climate regime. International Environmental Agreements, 9(3), pp. 239-262. http://www.springerlink.com/content/n6346k1878u56vj5/
  • Vihma, A. (2009). Indian View on Post-2012 Climate Agreement. In Korppoo, A. & Luta, A. (eds.) Towards a new climate regime: Views of China, India, Japan, Russia and the United States on the road to Copenhagen. Finnish Institute of International Affairs Report 19, pp. 47-65. http://www.upi-fiia.fi/fi/publication/72/

2008

  • Kaisti, Hanna (2008). Why Renewable is Not Always Sustainable? Donor-driven renewable energy planning and implementation in Laos and Cambodia. Paper for workshop “Development, Justice, Governance: New Challenges in the Global South”, organised by the Finnish Society for Development Research. 24-25 April 2008, Helsinki, Finland.
  • Karlsson, Sylvia; Mulugetta, Yacob and Vihma, Antto (2008). G77 through the Prism of Climate Change Negotiations: Balancing National Self-interest and Unity. Paper presented at the Second Global International Studies Conference. 23-26 July 2008, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • Karlsson, Sylvia and Nolte F. (2008). Favouring the Future — Exploring individual and collective strategies. Paper presented at the 2008 Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change. 22-23 February 2008, Free University of Berlin, Germany.
  • Karlsson, Sylvia and Vihma, Antto (2008). Going the ‘Soft’ or ‘Hard’ law path in Global
    Governance? Paper presented at International Conference on Legislative Studies – Changing forms of legal and non-legal institutions and new challenges for the legislator. 25-26 August 2008, Helsinki, Finland.
  • Käkönen, Mira (2008). Mekong Delta at crossroads: More adaptation or control? Ambio. Vol. 37, No. 3, pp. 205-212
  • Käkönen, Mira (2008). Politics and de-politicization of knowledge production in Mekong Region. Paper presented at ”Development, Justice, Governance: New Challenges in the Global South”, conference organised by the Finnish Society for Development Research. April 2008, Helsinki, Finland.
  • Mustonen, Suvisanna (2008). Rural electrification of remote areas – case studies of two renewable energy projects in Lao and the Philippines. Proceedings of International Conference on Environment 2008 (ICENV 2008). 15-17 December 2008, Penang, Malaysia.
  • Vehmas, Jarmo; Luukkanen, Jyrki; Mustonen, Suvisanna, Kaivo-oja, Jari and Jusi, Sari (2008). Changing Energy Production Structures and CO2 Emissions in the ASEAN Countries: Decomposition Analysis of Drivers Behind the Changes. International Conference on Energy Security and Climate Change: Issues, Strategies, and Options (ESCC 2008). 6-8 August 2008, Bangkok, Thailand. Conference Proceedings CD-Rom, pp. 1-5

2007

  • Haukioja, Teemu and Kaivo-oja, Jari (2007). Do U.S. and EU-15 Countries Meet the Kyoto Targets till 2012? Exploring Numbers and Narratives for U.S. and European Energy and Climate Policies. Paper in the conference From Oracles to Dialogue. Exploring New Ways to Explore the Future. A COST Action A22 Conference, National Technical University. 9-11 July 2007, Athens, Greece. Conference Proceedings CD-ROM
  • Jusi, Sari (2007). Socio-Economic Indicators in Road Projects in Papua New Guinea. Paper presented in 23rd World Road Congress. September, 2007, Paris, France. Published in the Conference Proceedings.
  • Kaivo-oja, Jari (2007). Energy Markets and Sustainability Challenge: Alternative Energy Utility Scenarios and Strategies. Paper presented at the 2nd International Energy Week "Moscow Energy Dialogue”. 23-26 October 2007, Moscow, Russia. Conference CD-ROM.
  • Karlsson, Sylvia (2007). Allocating Responsibilities in Multi-level Governance for Sustainable Development. International Journal of Social Economics Vol. 34, No. 1, pp.103-126.
  • Karlsson, Sylvia (2007). Governing Earth Symptoms or the Earth System? Paper presented at the Earth System Governance conference, Free University of Amsterdam. 24-26 May 2007. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Karlsson, Sylvia (2007). Global Energy Governance – an (Im)possibility? Conflict and Consent in United Nations Deliberations on Sustainable Energy. Paper presented in the panel “Multi-level Sustainable Energy Governance: Pathways of 'Soft' Power”, ECPR Conference. 6-9 September 2007, Pisa, Italy.
  • Keskinen, Marko, Käkönen, Mira, Tola, Prom & Varis, Olli (2007). The Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia; water-related conflicts with abundance of water, The Economics of Peace and Security Journal, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 49-59.
  • Käkönen, Mira (2007). Paradoxes of participation and representation in the Mekong Region. Paper presented at “Democracy in Asia”, seminar organised by Centre for the Study of Developing Societies CSDS. 28-30 September 2007, Delhi, India.
  • Käkönen, Mira (2007). Participation at Crossroads? – Experiences from community user groups around Tonle Sap Lake. Paper presented at “Mekong at crossroads”, seminar organised and coordinated by Water Resources Laboratory of Helsinki University of Technology together with M-POWER and Chiang Mai University's Unit for Social of Environmental Research (USER). May 2007, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
  • Käkönen, Mira (2007). Risk and Governmentality in the Mekong Region, briefing paper at M POWER Annual Meeting 2007, organised by the Mekong Program on Water, Environment and Resilience (M-POWER). May 2007, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
  • Käkönen, Mira (2007) Participation at Crossroads? - Experiences from community user groups around Tonle Sap Lake. Paper presented at "Mekong at crossroads", seminar organised and coordinated by Water Resources Laboratory of Helsinki University of Technology together with M-POWER and Chiang Mai University's Unit for Social of Environmental Research (USER), May 2007, Chiang Mai, Thailand
  • Käkönen, Mira (2007) Risk and Governmentality in the Mekong Region, briefing paper at M POWER Annual Meeting 2007, organised by the Mekong Program on Water, Environment and Resilience (M-POWER), May 2007, Chiang Mai, Thailand
  • Luukkanen, Jyrki (2007). Renewable Energy System Policy Planning in Cambodia and Laos. REEPRO (Promotion of the Efficient Use of Renewable Energies in Developing Countries) project publication 3.01.03. 141 pages.
  • Ratner, B.D., Rahut, D.B. , Käkönen, M. Hap, N., Keskinen, M., Yim S., Sambo, Suong, L. and Chuenpagdee, R., (2007). Influence of built structures on local livelihoods: case studies of roads, irrigation, and fishing lots. Livelihood component’s report under Technical Assistance to the Kingdom of Cambodia for the Study of the Influence of Built Structures on the Fisheries of the Tonle Sap. ADB TA 4669-CAM. 58 pp.
  • Vehmas, Jarmo; Luukkanen, Jyrki and Kaivo-oja, Jari (2007). Linking Analyses and Environmental Kuznets Curves for Material Flows in the European Union 1980-2000. Journal of Cleaner Production Vol. 15, No.17, pp. 1662-1673
  • Vihma, Antto (2007). The Intentional Fragmentation in Global Climate Governance. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of Finnish Society for Environmental Social Science (YHYS). 29-30 November 2007, Jyväskylä, Finland.
  • Vihma, Antto (2007). Institutional Effectiveness of Global Climate Governance. Paper
    presented at the Master Class of Amsterdam Conference of Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change (IHDP). 24-26 May 2007, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2006

  • Jusi, Sari (2006). The Asian Development Bank and the Case Study of Theun-Hinboun Hydropower Project in Lao PDR. Water Policy Journal Vol. 8, No. 5.
  • Jusi, Sari (2006). Manuscript Through Integrated Water Resources Management Approach towards Good Water Governance in Lao PDR. Paper presented in the 3rd APHW Conference "Wise Water Resources Management Towards Sustainable Growth and Poverty Reduction". 16-18 October 2006 Bangkok, Thailand. Published in the Conference Proceedings.
  • Karlsson Sylvia and Kok, Marcel (2006). Theory, Rhetoric and Action of Mainstreaming the Environment: Institutional Interplay in the Nexus between Climate, Energy and Development. IDGEC Synthesis conference. 6-9 December 2006, Bali, Indonesia.
  • Keskinen, Marko and Käkönen Mira (2006). Water resources management in the Mekong River Basin – different scales and differing views. Paper and presentation in ”Development Studies: Landscapes & Horizons”, conference organised by the Institute of Development Studies, University of Helsinki. February 2006, Helsinki, Finland
  • Kuntsi-Reunanen, Eeva & Luukkanen, Jyrki (2006). Target Options of Burden Sharing in Developing Countries: Defining Alternative Models of Global Responsibility. International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability Vol 2, No. 5.
  • Kuntsi-Reunanen, Eeva & Luukkanen, Jyrki (2006). Greenhouse gas emission reductions in the post-Kyoto period: Emission intensity changes required under the ‘contraction and convergence’ approach. Natural Resources Forum Vol. 30, No. 4.
  • Käkönen, Mira (2006). Beyond the Myths of the Mekong Delta. Paper presented at “Modern Myths of the Mekong”, workshop organised by the Water Resources Laboratory of TKK and the National University of Laos. February 2006, Vientiane, Laos.
  • Käkönen Mira; Keskinen, Marko and Varis, Olli (2006). Mekong Delta socio-economic analysis - Interconnections between water and livelihoods in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. WUP-FIN Phase II. Mekong River Commission and Finnish Environment Institute Consultancy Consortium, Vientiane, Lao PDR. 177 pp.
  • Luukkanen, Jyrki (2006). Advanced sustainability analysis (ASA) for integrating the different dimensions of sustainability into a coherent framework. Paper presented in a conference ‘Sustainability Conference 2006’. The Second International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability. 9-12 January 2006, Hanoi, Vietnam.
  • Mustonen, Suvisanna and Nanthavong, K (2006). Modeling of autonomous power systems - a mathematical model of a hybrid power system. Proceedings of the 2nd Joint International Conference on "Sustainable Energy and Environment (SEE 2006)". 21-23 November 2006, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Vinnari, Markus; Luukkanen, Jyrki and Kaivo-oja, Jari (2006). Visionary Leadership as a Tool for Eco-Efficiency in Organisations - Developing an Integrated Conceptual Model. FFRC Publications 3/2006. Finland Futures Research Centre, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration.

2005

  • Jusi, Sari; Virtanen, Maarit (2005). Irrigation Management Transfer in the Lao PDR: Prospects and Issues. International Journal of Development Issues Vol. 4, No. 2.
  • Karlsson, Sylvia and Luukkanen, Jyrki (2005). Vertical and Horizontal Interplay in Governance of Energy for Sustainable Development: Challenges along the global policy path and the Mekong River. Proceedings of the 2005 ISA Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii.
  • Käkönen, Mira and Keskinen, Marko (2005). Mekongin alueen ihmiset elävät vedestä, (in Finnish) article on interconnections between water and livelihoods in the Mekong River Basin. Vesitalous 6/2005.
  • Luukkanen, Jyrki; Vehmas, Jarmo and Kaivo-oja, Jari (2005). Energy use and CO2 emissions from fuel combustion in the OECD and non-OECD countries: Trends based on decomposition analysis. Futura. Vol. 24, No. 2-3, p. 129-145.
  • Luukkanen, Jyrki; Karlsson, Sylvia; Vehmas, Jarmo; Kinnunen, Venla; Kuntsi-Reunanen, Eeva and Kaivo-oja, Jari (2005). Energy and Environment. Energy for Sustainable Development. In Hietanen, Olli (ed.) University Partnership for International Development. Finnish Development Knowledge. FFRC-Publications 6/2005, Finland Futures Research Centre, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration. pp. 92-101.
  • Luukkanen, Jyrki; Vehmas, Jarmo; Kinnunen, Venla; Kuntsi-Reunanen, Eeva and Kaivo-oja, Jari (2005). Converging CO2 Emission to Equal per Capita Levels. Mission Possible? FFRC-Publications 2/2005. Finland Futures Research Centre, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration. 139 p.
  • Luukkanen, Jyrki (2005). Converging CO2 emissions to equal per capita levels. Paper presented in conference ‘Green Power Markets, Future Energy Policies, and Emission Trading Schemes in Comparison’. 26-30 September 2005, Salzburg, Austria.

2004

  • Jusi, Sari (2004). The Asian Development Bank – A Promoter of Good Governance in Its Hydropower Development Projects? - Case Study Theun-Hinboun Hydropower Project in Laos. Paper accepted to the conference The Commons in an Age of Global Transition: Challenges, Risks and Opportunities. 9-13 August 2004, Oaxaca, México. Published in the Conference Proceedings.
  • Vehmas, Jarmo; Luukkanen, Jyrki and Kaivo-oja Jari (2004). CO2 emissions versus economic growth - Advanced Sustainability Analysis for selected industrial and developing countries. International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE) 8th Biennial Conference. Challenging Boundaries: Economics, Ecology and Governance. 11-14 July 2004, Montréal, Canada. Scientific Program Abstracts CD.

2003

  • Jusi, Sari (2003). Water Resource Policy of the International Financial Institutions (ADB and WB) in the Mekong Sub-Region. Paper presented in the Conference of Maantieteen Päivät. 7-8 November 2003, Tampere, Finland.
  • Luukkanen, Jyrki and Kuntsi, Eeva (2003). Post-Kyoto burden sharing. Moving forward with equity and efficiency. Proceedings of the Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change. 16-18 October 2003, Montréal, Canada.

2002

  • Kaivo-oja Jari and Luukkanen Jyrki (2002). Energy and CO2 efficiency dynamics in the world regions. International Journal of Global Energy Issues. Vol 18, Nos. 2/3/4, pp. 274-293.
  • Luukkanen, Jyrki and Kaivo-oja, Jari (2002). Meaningful Participation in Emission Reductions and Global Climate Policy? Comparative analysis of the key developing countries energy and CO2 efficiency dynamics in the years 1971-1997. Global Environmental Change Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 117-126.
  • Luukkanen, Jyrki and Kaivo-oja Jari (2002). ASEAN Tigers and Sustainability of Energy Use: Decomposition analysis of energy and CO2 efficiency dynamics. Energy Policy Vol 30, No. 4, pp. 281-292.
  • Luukkanen, Jyrki and Kaivo-oja, Jari (2002). Economic Development and Environmental Performance: Comparison of Energy Use and CO2 Emissions in OECD and Non-OECD Regions. Finland Futures Research Centre. FFRC publications 5/2002. Finland Futures Research Centre. Turku School of Economics and Business Administration. 21 p.

2001

  • Luukkanen, Jyrki and Kaivo-oja, Jari (2001). Energy and CO2 Efficiency in Developing Countries. Comparison of Key Developing Countries and ASEAN Countries from the Point of View of Climate Policy. In Lacuna-Richman, Celeste and Kaisti, Hanna (eds), Tropical Forests. Facing New Modes of Governance in the Global Era. Research Notes 135, Faculty of Forestry, University of Joensuu.
  • Luukkanen, Jyrki and Kaivo-oja, Jari (2001). Sustainability of Energy Use and CO2 Emissions in ASEAN Countries: Decomposition Analysis of Energy and CO2 Efficiency Dynamics. A paper presented in the conference Global Change and Sustainable Development in Southeast Asia. Southeast Asian Regional Committee for START (SARCS 2001), A Regional Science-Policy Conference. 17-19 February 2001, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1994

  • Luukkanen, Jyrki (1994). Role of Planning Philosophy in Energy Policy Formulation - In Search of Alternative Approaches, Doctoral Dissertation, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere.

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