Table 1 The ecological and social framework used in examining the climate change and dam development impacts on the sustainability of the Se Kong, Se San and Sre Pok (3S) rivers in the lower Mekong River basin.

From: Diagnosing challenges and setting priorities for sustainable water resource management under climate change

Major indicator

Sub-indicator

Metric

Site & scale datasets

Notes

Ecosystem vitality

Water Quantity

Deviation from Natural Flow Regime

AAPFD & DVNF

River reaches

Gehrke et al.39

Flow Stability

Base Flow Index

BFI

River reaches

Poff41

Ecosystem services

Regulation & Support

Flood regulation

Aggregate of sites affected, frequency and amplitude of floods

Dams

Flood threshold is reservoir volume storage equal to or exceeding 95% of the maximum reservoir storage volume

Governance & Stakeholders

Enabling Environment

Water Resource Management

Financial Capacity

Questionnaire survey

Regional expert input

Vollmer et al.32 & Souter et al.33

Stakeholder Engagement

Information Access and Knowledge

Effectiveness

Enforcement and Compliance

Distribution of Benefits from Ecosystem Services

Water-related conflict

Vision and Adaptive Governance

Strategic Planning and Adaptive Governance

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