The Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia: water-related conflicts with abundance of water

In this article we analyze water-related tensions and conflicts within the Tonle Sap Lake area of Cambodia. We do so with three case studies that focus on different kinds of water uses. Revealing multiple dimensions and levels of water-related conflicts, they indicate that as a source of tension and conflict, prevailing power structures – which include informal and formal arrangements of resource access and use – are far more important than the physical abundance of water itself.