Title Environmental change and agricultural sustainability in the Mekong Delta / Mart A. Stewart, Peter A. Coclanis, editors

Published Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 455 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) Series Advances in global change research ; v. 45 Advances in global change research ; v. 45. Contents Introduction / Mart A. Stewart and Peter A. Coclanis -- Part I Environmental Change in the Mekong Delta -- Actions and Agencies -- Think Global, Act Global in the Mekong Delta? Environmental Change, Civil Society, and NGOs / Boris Fabres -- Fixing the Delta: History and the Politics of Hydraulic Infrastructure Development and Conservation in the Mekong Delta / David Biggs -- Outline of the Process of Red River Hydraulics Development During the Nguyen Dynasty (Nineteenth Century) / Olivier Tessier -- "A Kind of Mylai ... Against the Indochinese Countryside": American Scientists, Herbicides, and South Vietnamese Mangrove Forests / Amy M. Hay -- The Politics and Culture of Climate Change: US Actors and Global Implications / Charles Waugh Part II Social and Economic Dynamics -- Precarious Paddies: The Uncertain, Unstable, and Insecure Lives of Rice Farmers in the Mekong Delta / Peter A. Coclanis and Mart A. Stewart -- Analysis of Labour Migration Flows in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam / Huynh Truong Huy and Le Nguyen Doan Khoi -- Dynamic Resilience of Peri-Urban Agriculturalists in the Mekong Delta Under Pressures of Socio-Economic Transformation and Climate Change / Matthias Garschagen, Fabrice G. Renaud and Jörn Birkmann -- Efficiency Analysis of Selected Farming Patterns: The Case of Irrigated Systems in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam / Quan Minh Nhut -- Living with Floods: An Evaluation of the Resettlement Program of the Mekong Delta of Vietnam / Vo Thanh Danh and Shahbaz Mushtaq Part III Consequences of Environmental Change -- Climate Change in the Mekong River Delta and Key Concerns on Future Climate Threats / Le Anh Tuan and Suppakorn Chinvanno -- Climate Change Adaptation and Agrichemicals in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam / Zita Sebesvari, Thi Thu Huong Le and Fabrice G. Renaud -- Role of Villagers in Building Community Resilience Through Disaster Risk Management: A Case Study of a Flood-Prone Village on the Banks of the Mekong River in Cambodia / Serey Sok, Louis Lebel, Ram C. Bastakoti, Sokkalyan Thau and Sela Samath Part IV Human Responses to Environmental Change -- Community-Based Fish Culture: A Viable Coping Strategy for Farmers in the Mekong Delta? / Olivier M. Joffre, N. Sheriff, H.H. Ngai and N.V. Hao -- From Rice to Shrimp: Ecological Change and Human Adaptation in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam / Ngo Thi Phuong Lan -- Relationship Quality in Fish Value Chains: Buyer-Supplier Management in the Pangasius Industry, Vietnam / Le Nguyen Doan Khoi and Nguyen Phu Son -- The Relationship Between Natural Conditions and the Formation and Development of Clam Grounds (Meretrix lyrata) in the Mekong Delta / Tong Phuoc Hoang Son and Nguyen Thanh Tung -- Compost Potential from Solid Waste: Toward Sustainable Agriculture and Mitigation of Global Warming in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam / Nguyen Phuc Thanh and Yasuhiro Matsui -- Biogas Production of Pig Manure with Water Hyacinth Juice from Batch Anaerobic Digestion / Nguyen Vo Chau Ngan, Le Hoang Viet, Nguyen Dac Cu and Nguyen Huu Phong -- Community-Scale Wind-Powered Desalination for Selected Coastal Mekong Provinces in Vietnam / Ha T. Nguyen and Joshua M. Pearce -- Promotion of Organic Cocoa in Mixed Farming System in the Mekong Delta Region: A Preliminary Analysis / Vo Van Phong, Daniel Valenghi and Nguyen Lam Giang -- The Transition from Conventional to Organic Rice Production in Northeastern Thailand: Prospect and Challenges / Natedao Taotawin -- The Impact of Weather Variability on Rice and Aquaculture Production in the Mekong Delta / Dang Kieu Nhan, Nguyen Hieu Trung and Nguyen Van Sanh pt. 1. Environmental change in the Mekong Delta : actions and agencies -- pt. 2. Social and economic dynamics -- pt. 3. Consequences of environmental change -- pt. 4. Human responses to environmental change Summary The Mekong Delta of Vietnam is one of the most productive agricultural areas in the world. The Mekong River fans out over an area of about 40,000 sq kilometers and over the course of many millennia has produced a region of fertile alluvial soils and constant flows of energy. Today about a fourth of the Delta is under rice cultivation, making this area one of the premier rice granaries in the world. The Delta has always proven a difficult environment to manipulate, however, and because of population pressures, increasing acidification of soils, and changes in the Mekong's flow, environmental pr Analysis milieu environment landbouw agriculture bedrijfswetenschap management science geografie geography geschiedenis history Environmental Sciences (General) Milieuwetenschappen (algemeen) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Environmental management -- Mekong River Delta (Vietnam and Cambodia) Sustainable agriculture -- Mekong River Delta (Vietnam and Cambodia) Climatic changes -- Mekong River Delta (Vietnam and Cambodia) Global environmental change. Environnement. Climat. Climatic changes Environmental management Global environmental change Sustainable agriculture SUBJECT Mekong River Delta (Vietnam and Cambodia) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91001149 Subject Mekong River Delta Form Electronic book Author Stewart, Mart A. Coclanis, Peter A., 1952- ISBN 9789400709348 940070934X

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