A cooperative framework for optimizing transboundary hydropower development |
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| Authors: | Seemanta Sharma Bhagabati Akiyuki Kawasaki Mukand Singh Babel |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan;2. School of Engineering and Technology, Asian Institute of Technology, Pathum Thani, Thailand;3. School of Engineering and Technology, Asian Institute of Technology, Pathum Thani, Thailand |
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| Abstract: | Hydropower development may result in water conflicts among the riparian nations, which, however, can be resolved by benefit sharing. An optimization framework is proposed for a transboundary sub-basin following a cooperative game theoretical approach. A broad range of factors at different levels of cooperation between the riparian countries has been used in the optimization model. As an illustration, the framework is implemented in the Sesan and Sre Pok sub-basins of the Lower Mekong Basin. Higher levels of cooperation lead to greater total net benefits as well as greater benefits to individual countries. |
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| Keywords: | Hydropower development Lower Mekong Basin transboundary cooperation optimization game theory |
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