Papers

Over the years researchers at the Unit for Social and Environmental Research have co-authored a number of papers published in peer-reviewed journals. The following is a selection sorted by year.  For a list of the most highly-cited papers click here.

2018-2016

  • Lebel L, Lebel P, Chuah CJ. 2018. Governance of aquaculture water use. International Journal of Water Resources Development: 1-23 doi:10.1080/07900627.2018.1457513 (Paper)
  • Lebel L, Käkönen M, Dany V, Lebel P, Thuon  T,  Voladet S (2018) The framing and governance of climate change adaptation projects in Lao PDR and Cambodia. International Environmental Agreements (Abstract)
  • Lebel L, Lebel P, Chitmanat C, Uppanunchai A, Apirumanekul C. (2018). Managing the risks from the water-related impacts of extreme weather and uncertain climate change on inland aquaculture in Northern Thailand. Water International: p. 1-24. (Abstract)
  • Lebel P, Lebel L, Singphonphrai D, Duangsuwan C, Zhou Y. (2018). Making space for women: civil society organizations, gender and hydropower development in the Mekong region. International Journal of Water Resources Development: p. 1-21. (Abstract)
  • Thomalla F, Lebel L. et al. (2017). Long-term recovery narratives following major disasters in Southeast Asia. Regional Environmental Change, 1-12. (Abstract)
  • Lebel L, & Lebel B. (2017). Nexus narratives and resource insecurities in the Mekong Region. Environmental Science & Policy. (Abstract)
  • Huntjens, P, Lebel, L, & Furze, B. (2017). The effectiveness of multi-stakeholder dialogues on water: reflections on experiences in the Rhine, Mekong, and Ganga-Brahmaputhra-Meghna river basins. International Journal of Water Governance, Volume 5(5:3), 39–60. (Abstract)
  • Dany V, Taplin R, Bajracharya B, Regan M, Lebel L. (2017) Entry points for climate-informed planning for the water resources and agriculture sectors in Cambodia. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 19(4): 1167-1188. (Abstract)
  • Lebel L, & Lebel P. (2017). Policy narratives help maintain institutional traps in the governance of floods in Thailand. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 1-16. (Abstract)
  • Lebel L, Salamanca A, and C. Kallayanamitra (2017). The governance of adaptation financing: legitimacy at multiple levels. International Journal of Global Warming 11:226-245. (Abstract)
  • Lebel L, Lebel P. (2016). Emotions, attitudes, and appraisal in the management of climate-related risks by fish farmers in Northern Thailand. Journal of Risk Research, 1-19. (Abstract)
  • Lebel L, Lebel P, Lebel B. (2016). Impacts, perception and management of climate-related risks to cage aquaculture in the reservoirs of northern Thailand. Environmental Management 58, 931-945. (Abstract)
  • Lebel P, Sriyasak P, Kallayanamitra C, Duangsuwan C. Lebel L. (2016) Learning about climate-related risks: decisions of Northern Thailand fish farmers in a role-playing simulation game. Regional Environmental Change 16, 1481-1494. (Abstract)
  • Clark W, Van Kerkhoff C, Lebel L, Gallopin G. (2016) Crafting usable knowledge for sustainable development. PNAS 113, 4570-4578. (Abstract)
  • Lebel L, P. Garden, A. Luers, D. Manuel-Navarrete, and D. H. Giap. (2016). Knowledge and innovation relationships in the shrimp industry in Thailand and Mexico. PNAS. (Abstract)
  • van Kerkhoff L, and L. Lebel. 2006. Linking knowledge and action for sustainable development. Annual Review of Environment and Resources. 31:445-477. (Abstract)
  • Marks D, Lebel L. (2016) Disaster governance and the scalar politics of incomplete decentralization: Fragmented and contested responses to the 2011 floods in Central Thailand. Habitat International 52, 57-66. (Abstract)
  • Chitmanat C, Lebel P, Whangchai N, Promya J, Lebel L. (2016) Tilapia diseases and management in river-based cage aquaculture in northern Thailand. Journal of Applied Aquaculture. 28, 9-16. (Abstract)
  • Dany V, Taplin R, Bajracharya B, Regan M, Lebel L. (2016) Entry points for climate-informed planning for the water resources and agriculture sectors in Cambodia. Environment, Development and Sustainability. 1-22. (Abstract)

2015-2013

  • Lebel L, Wattana S, Talerngsri P. (2015) Assessments of ecosystem services and human well-being in Thailand build and create demand for coproductive capacity. Ecology and Society 20.  (Abstract)
  • Lebel L, Lebel P, Sriyasak P, Rattanawilailak S, Bastakoti R.C, Bastakoti G.B. (2015) Gender relations and water management in different eco-cultural contexts in Northern Thailand. Int. J. Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology. 11, 228-246. (Abstract)
  • Lebel L, Daniel R, (2015) Governing Ecosystem Services from Upland Watersheds in Southeast Asia, Vulnerability of Land Systems in Asia. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, pp. 237-260. (Abstract)
  • Bennett, E.M.; Cramer, W.; Begossi, A.; Cundill, G.; Díaz, S.; Egoh, B.N.; Geijzendorffer, I.R.; Krug, C.B.; Lavorel, S.; Lazos, E.; Lebel, L.; Martín-López, B.; Meyfroidt, P.; Mooney, H.A.; Nel, J.L.; Pascual, U.; Payet, K.; Harguindeguy, N.P.; Peterson, G.D.; Prieur-Richard, A.-H.; Reyers, B.; Roebeling, P.; Seppelt, R.; Solan, M.; Tschakert, P.; Tscharntke, T.; Turner Ii, B.L.; Verburg, P.H.; Viglizzo, E.F.; White, P.C.L. and Woodward, G. 2015. Linking biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human well-being: three challenges for designing research for sustainability. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 14(0): 76-85. (Abstract)
  • Chen CTA, Gao X, Ishizaka J, Lebel L. (2015) Coastal seas in a changing world: Anthropogenic impact and environmental responses. Continental Shelf Research. 111, 109-111. (Abstract)
  • Dany V, Bajracharya B, Lebel L, Regan M, Taplin R. (2015) Narrowing gaps between research and policy development in climate change adaptation work in the water resources and agriculture sectors of Cambodia. Climate Policy. (Abstract)
  • Lebel P, Whangchai N, Chitmanat C, Promya J, Lebel L (2015) Perceptions of climate-related risks and awareness of climate change of fish cage farmers in northern Thailand. Risk Management. 17:1-22. (Abstract)
  • Lebel P, Whangchai N, Chitmanat C, Lebel L. (2015) Climate risk management in river-based Tilapia cage culture in northern Thailand. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management. 7, 476-498. (Abstract)
  • Lebel P, Whangchai N, Chitmanat C, Lebel L. (2015) Risk of impacts from extreme weather and climate in river-based Tilapia cage culture in Northern Thailand. International Journal of Global Warming. 8, 534-554. (Abstract)
  • Pimolrat P, Whangchai N, Chitmanat C, Itayama T, Lebel L. (2015) Off-flavor Characterization in High Nutrient Load Tilapia Ponds in Northern Thailand. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 15, 275-283. (Abstract)
  • Sriyasak P, C. Chitmanat, N. Whangchai, Promya J, and L. Lebel. 2015. Effect of water de-stratification on dissolved oxygen and ammonia in tilapia ponds in Northern Thailand. International Aquatic. 7:287-299. (Abstract)
  • Uppanunchai A, Apirumanekul C, Lebel L. (2015) Planning for production of freshwater fish fry in a variable climate in Northern Thailand. Environmental Management. 56, 859-873. (Abstract)
  • van Kerkhoff LE, Lebel L. (2015) Coproductive capacities: rethinking science-governance relations in a diverse world. Ecology and Society. 20 (21): 14. (Abstract)
  • Lebel L, Lebel P, Lebel B. (2017) Gender and the management of climate-related risks in Northern Thailand. International Social Science Journal. 1-12. (Abstract)
  • Lebel L, Lebel P, Chitmanat C, & Sriyasak P. (2014). Benefit sharing from hydropower watersheds: Rationales, practices, and potential. Water Resources and Rural Development. 412-28. (Abstract)
  • Lebel L. (2014). Closing knowledge-action gaps in adaptation to climate change in the Asia-Pacific region. Int. J. Environment and Sustainable Development. 13:204-221. (Abstract)
  • Käkönen M, L. Lebel, K. Karhunmaa, V. Dany, and T. Try. (2014). Rendering Climate Change Governable in the Least-Developed Countries: Policy Narratives and Expert Technologies in Cambodia. Forum for Development Studies. 41:351-376. (Abstract)
  • Lebel P, Whangchai N, Chitmanat C, Promya J, Lebel L. (2014). Access to fish cage aquaculture in the Ping River, northern Thailand. Journal of Applied Aquaculture 26, 32-48. (Abstract)
  • Suhardiman D, Wichelns D, Lebel L, Sellamuttu SS. (2014). Benefit sharing in Mekong Region hydropower: Whose benefits count? Water Resources and Rural Development. 4 (0):3-11. (Abstract)
  • Lebel L, E. Nikitina C. Pahl-Wostl, and Knieper C. (2013). Institutional fit and river basin governance: A new approach using multiple composite measures. Ecology & Society 18: (Abstract)
  • Lebel L. (2013). Local knowledge and adaptation to climate change in natural resource-based societies of the Asia-Pacific. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 18:1057-1076. (Abstract)
  • Lebel P, N. Whangchai C. Chitmanat J. Promya P. Chaibu, P. Sriyasak, and L. Lebel. (2013). River-based cage aquaculture of Tilapia in northern Thailand: Sustainability of rearing and business practices. Natural Resources 4:410-421. (Abstract)
  • Men P, Thun V, Yin S, and L. Lebel. (2014). Benefit sharing from Kamchay and Lower Sesan 2 hydropower watersheds in Cambodia. Water Resources and Rural Development 4:40-53. (Abstract)
  • Sturgeon J. Menzies C. N, Lagervist Y, Thomas D, Ekhasing B, Lebel L, K. Phanvilay, and Thongmanivong S. (2013). Enclosing ethnic minorities and forests in the golden economic quadrangle. Development and Change 44(1): 53-79. (Abstract)

2012-2010

  • Lebel L. (2012). Governance and coastal boundaries in the tropics. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 4(2), 243-251. (Abstract)
  • Lebel L, C. Krittasudthacheewa, Salamanca A, and Sriyasak P. (2012). Lifestyles and consumption in cities and the links with health and well-being: the case of obesity. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 4:405-413. (Abstract)
  • Dore J, Lebel L, and Molle F. (2012). A framework for analysing transboundary water governance complexes, illustrated in the Mekong Region. Journal of Hydrology. 466:23-36. (Abstract)
  • Huntjens P, Lebel L, Pahl-Wostl, C, Schulze R, Camkin J, Kranz N, (2012). Institutional design propositions for the governance of adaptation to climate change in the water sector. Global Environmental Change. 22(1), 67-81. (Abstract)
  • Pahl-Wostl C, Lebel L, Knieper C, and Nikitina E. (2012). From applying panaceas to mastering complexity: Towards adaptive water governance in basins. Environmental Science and Policy. 23: 24-34. (Abstract)
  • Shamsub H, Lebel L. (2012) Tourists with sustainable behaviour: a study of international tourists to Thailand. Journal of Environmental Management and Tourism. 3, 26-40. (Abstract)
  • Lebel L, Manuta B. J, and P. Garden (2011). Institutional traps and vulnerability to changes in climate and flood regimes in Thailand. Regional Environmental Change 11:45-58. (Abstract)
  • Huitema D, Lebel L, and Meijerink S. (2011). The strategies of policy entrepeneurs in water transitions around the world. Water Policy. 13:717-733. (Abstract)
  • Lebel L, Grothmann T, and Siebenhüner B. (2010). The role of social learning in adaptiveness: insights from water management. International Environmental Agreements. 10:333-353. (Abstract)
  • Lebel L, J. Xu R. Bastakoti C, and Lamba A. (2010). Pursuits of adaptiveness in the shared rivers of Monsoon Asia. International Environmental Agreements. 10:355-375. (Abstract)
  • Lebel L, Mungkung R, GheewalaS. H, and Lebel P. (2010). Innovation cycles, niches and sustainability in the shrimp aquaculture industry in Thailand. Environmental Science & Policy. 13:291-302. (Abstract)
  • Biermann F, Betsill M.M, Vieira S.C, Gupta J, Kanie N, Lebel L, Liverman D, Schroeder H, Siebenhuner B, Yanda P.Z, Zondervan R. (2010) Navigating the anthropocene: the Earth System Governance Project strategy paper. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 2, 202-208. (Abstract)
  • Biermann F., Abbott, K., Andresen, S., Bäckstrand, K., Bernstein, S., Betsill, M., Bulkeley, H, Cashore B, Clapp J, Folke C, Gupta A, Gupta J, Haas P, Jordan A, Kanie N, Kluvánková-Oravská T, Lebel L, Liverman D, Meadowcroft J, Mitchell R, Newell P, Oberthür S, Olsson L, Pattberg P, Sánchez-Rodríguez R, Schroeder H, Underdal A, Camargo Vieira S, Vogel C, Young O, Brock A, Zondervan Z. (2012) Navigating the anthropocene: Strengthening Earth System Governance. Science. 335:1306-1307. (Abstract)
  • Dore J, Lebel L. (2010). Gaining Public Acceptance: a critical strategic priority of the World Commission on Dams. Water Alternatives. 3(2): 154-171. (Abstract)
  • Gupta J, Lebel L. (2010) Access and allocation in earth system governance: water and climate change compared. International Environmental Agreements 10, 377-395. (Abstract)

2009-2007

  • Lebel L, and Daniel R. (2009). The governance of ecosystem services from tropical upland watersheds. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 1:61-68. (Abstract)
  • Lebel L, and Sinh B. (2009). Risk reduction or redistribution? Flood management in the Mekong region. Asian Journal of Environment and Disaster Management. 1:23-39. (Abstract)
  • Lebel P, Chaibu P, and Lebel L. (2009). Women farm fish: gender and commercial fish cage culture on the Upper Ping River, northern Thailand. Gender, Technology and Development. 13:199-224. (Abstract)
  • Xu J, Lebel L, and Sturgeon J. C. (2009). Functional links between biodiversity, livelihoods and culture in a Hani swidden landscape in Southwest China. Ecology and Society. 14:20. (Abstract)
  • Lebel L, Daniel R, Badenoch N, and Garden P. (2008). A multi-level perspective on conserving with communities: experiences from upper tributary watersheds in montane mainland southeast Asia. International Journal of the Commons. 1:127-154. (Abstract)
  • Lebel L, P. Lebel, Garden P, Giap D. H, Khrutmuang S, and Nakayama S. (2008). Places, chains and plates: governing transitions in the shrimp aquaculture production-consumption system. Globalizations. 5:211-226. (Abstract)
  • Lebel L, and S. Lorek. (2008). Enabling sustainable production-consumption systems. Annual Review of Environment & Resources. 33:241-275. (Abstract)
  • Lebel L, Garden P, Banaticla M. R. N, Lasco R, Contreras A, Mitra A. P, Sharma C, TriN. H, Ooi G. L, and Sari A. (2007). Integrating carbon management into the development strategies of urbanizing regions in Asia: implications of urban form, function and role. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 11:61-81. (Abstract)
  • Deutsch L, Gräslund S, Folke C, Troell M, Huitric M, Kautsky N, and Lebel L. (2007). Feeding aquaculture growth through globalization: exploitation of marine ecosystems for fishmeal. Global Environmental Change. 17:238-249. (Abstract)
  • Murdiyarso D, and Lebel L. (2007). Local to global perspectives on forest and land fires in Southeast Asia. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 12:2381-2386. (Abstract)

2006-earlier

  • Lebel L, Anderies J. M, Campbell B, Folke C, Hatfield-Dodds S, Hughes T, and Wilson J. (2006). Governance and the capacity to manage resilience in regional social-ecological systems. Ecology and Society. 11(1): 11:19. (Abstract)
  • Lebel L. (2006). Multi-level scenarios for exploring alternative futures for upper tributary watersheds in mainland Southeast Asia Mountain Research and Development 26:263-273. (Abstract)
  • Cash D, Adger W. N, Berkes F, Garden P, Lebel L, Olsson P, Pritchard L, and Young O. R. (2006). Scale and cross-scale dynamics: governance and information in a multi-level world. Ecology and Society.11: Article 8. (Abstract)
  • van Kerkhoff L, and Lebel L. (2006). Linking knowledge and action for sustainable development. Annual Review of Environment and Resources. 31:445-477. (Abstract)
  • Lebel L, Garden P, and Imamura M. (2005). Politics of scale, position and place in the governance of water resources in the Mekong region. Ecology and Society. 10:18. (Abstract)
  • Lebel L, Contreras A, Pasong S, and Garden P. (2004). Nobody knows best: alternative perspectives on forest management and governance in Southeast Asia: Politics, Law and Economics. International Environment Agreements. 4:111-127. (Abstract)
  • Murdiyarso D, Lebel L, Gintings A. N, Tampubolon S. M. H, Heil A, and Wasson M. (2004). Policy responses to complex environmental problems: Insights from a science-policy activity on transboundary haze from vegetation fires in Southeast Asia. Journal of  Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment. 104:47-56. (Abstract)
  • Lebel L, Tri N. H, Saengnoree A, Pasong S, Buatama U, and Thoa L. K. (2002). Industrial transformation and shrimp aquaculture in Thailand and Vietnam: pathways to ecological, social and economic sustainability? Ambio. 31:311-323. (Abstract)
  • Mo-suwan L, Lebel L, Puetpaiboon A, and Junjana C. (1999). School performance and weight status of children and young adolescents in a transitional society in Thailand. International Journal of Obesity. 23:72-77. (Abstract)
  • Chonguvivatwong V, Pas-ong S, Ritsmitchai S, and Lebel L. (1998). A multi-centre cross-sectional survey on safety at construction sites in Thailand, 1994-1995. Journal of Occupational Health. 40:319-324. (Abstract)
  • Mo-suwan L. and Lebel L. (1996). Risk factors for cardiovascular disease in obese and normal school children: association of insulin with other cardiovascular risk factors. Biomedical and Environmental Sciences. 9:269-275. (Abstract)