Living with environmental change : social vulnerability, adaptation and resilience in Vietnam / edited by W. Neil Adger, P. Mick Kelley and Nguyen Huu Ninh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Adger, W. Neil.

Kelly, P. Mick, 1951-

Nguyen, Huu Ninh, 1954-

Series:

Routledge research global environmental change series ; 6.

Routledge research global environmental change series ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development--Vietnam.

Sustainable development.

Vietnam--Economic conditions--1975-.

Vietnam.

Vietnam--Environmental conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (341 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Vietnam and the neighbouring countries of Southeast Asia face diverse challenges created by the rapid evolution of their social, economic and environmental systems and resources. Taking a multidisciplinary perspective, this book provides a comprehensive assessment of the Vietnamese situation, identifying the factors shaping social vulnerability and resilience to environmental change and considering prospects for sustainable development.

Contents:

Cover; Living with Environmental Change: Social vulnerability, adaptation and resilience in Vietnam; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Boxes; Contributors; Preface; Part I: Vietnam and environmental change; 1. Environment, society and precipitous change; 2. Social vulnerability and resilience; 3. Managing environmental change in Vietnam; 4. Historical perspectives on environment and development; Part 2: The natural resource base; 5. Property rights, institutions and resource management: coastal resources under doi moi; 6. Forest land allocation and deforestation processes in the uplands

7. Sustainable agriculture in the northern uplands: attitudes, constraints and priorities of ethnic minorities8. Environmental change, ecosystem degradation and the value of wetland rehabilitation in the Mekong Delta; 9. Mangrove conservation and restoration for enhanced resilience; 10. Responding to El Niño and La Niña: averting tropical cyclone impacts; Part 3: Development pathways; 11. Trade, investment and industrial pollution: lessons from Southeast Asia; 12. Sustainable urbanisation and environmental issues in Vietnam

13. Politics, ecology and water: the Mekong Delta and development of the Lower Mekong Basin14. Prospects for sustainable development; List of references; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-303) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-60421-1

1-280-11323-5

9786610113231

0-203-99557-0

9780203995570

OCLC:

49981697