Originally issued as author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Western Sydney, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Towards Sustainable Development: A Multidimensional Debate in the Mekong Context -- 3 Information Acquisition and Exchange on a Regular Basis -- 4 Notification and Consultation in Good Faith -- 5 Access to Information and Public Participation -- 6 Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment -- 7 Conclusions and Recommendations -- Bibliography -- Index.

In A Procedural Framework for Transboundary Water Management in the Mekong River Basin: Shared Mekong for a Common Future , Qi Gao explores procedural implications of integrated water resources management and its application in the Mekong River Basin. As a problem-based study, enlightening conclusions are made based on the increasingly polycentric nature of transboundary cooperation in the Mekong region. The procedural requirements in the Mekong context, both the ideal and practical scenarios are considered, combined with selected case studies. Qi Gao convincingly asserts the necessity to enhance decision-making processes and suggests procedural legal mechanisms to institutionalize sustainability concepts in transboundary cooperation.