Climate Change in the Mekong River Delta and Key Concerns on Future Climate Threats

Tuấn, Lê Anh; Chinvanno, Suppakorn

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-0934-8_12

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“…In recent years, the VMD has been recognized as a hotspot for vulnerability to climate change and its effects, particularly sea-level rise, due to its low elevation and dense human population (Dasgupta et al 2007;IPCC 2007). Also, upstream dam developments starve the delta of its sediments, enhancing subsidence, coastal erosion and salinity intrusion (IPCC 2007;Tuan and Chinvanno 2011;Thuc et al 2016). Under some climate change projections, the delta could face 40% inundation by the end of the century, threatening the livelihoods of millions of people and affecting domestic and international food security (Thuc et al 2016).…”

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Farmer adoptability for livelihood transformations in the Mekong Delta: a case in Ben Tre province

Nguyễn

Korbee

Loc

et al. 2019

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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Sustainable livelihood development is an ongoing challenge worldwide, and has regained importance due to threats of water shortages and climate change. To cope with changing climatic, demographic and market conditions in Vietnam's Mekong Delta (VMD) an agricultural transformation process has been suggested in the recent Mekong Delta Plan. This agricultural transformation process requires the implementation of alternative livelihood models. The majority of current agricultural livelihood models in the VMD have been introduced by the government in a top-down manner. In this study, we applied a bottom-up approach to understand the motivations and abilities of local farmers to adopt alternative livelihood models. It is based on the MOTA methodological framework, which is further tested with the use of multivariate analyses. The study was conducted in Ben Tre coastal province. Results showed that farmers' motivations and abilities to apply alternative models vary substantially among different groups, driven by their perceptions on triggers and opportunities. Acknowledging this diversity is essential to the development of agricultural transformation plans. Furthermore, based on the analysis, a projection of the precise support that communities need to supplement their knowledge, skills and financial capacities, as well as interventions to reduce the risks of new livelihood models, is given.

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Farmer adoptability for livelihood transformations in the Mekong Delta: a case in Ben Tre province

Nguyễn

Korbee

Loc

et al. 2019

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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“…In addition, climate change is predicted to alter precipitation patterns leading to an even stronger concentration in the rainy season with higher precipitation levels during that time and the risk of increasing numbers of short-term heavy precipitation events throughout the entire year (MoNRE 2009 ;Hoang and Tran 2006 ;Chaudhry and Ruysschaert 2007 ) . At the same time, the risk of prolonged drought periods is expected to rise during the dry season (Tuan and Chinvanno 2011 ) . An overall rise in air and sea surface temperature is further expected to enhance the typhoon activity in the South China Sea (Elsner et al 2008 ) , leading to intensi fi ed typhoon occurrence in the Mekong Delta (CFSC 2004 ; see also Chap.…”

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Vulnerability, Coping and Adaptation to Water Related Hazards in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

Birkmann

Garschagen

Tuan

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Springer Environmental Science and Engineering

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This chapter deals with the conceptualization, identi fi cation and assessment of the vulnerability of different social groups to water related hazards in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. The Mekong Delta is globally seen as one of the key hotspots of climate change related risks due to its exposure to fl oods, salinization and potential sea level rise. In order to underline the multifaceted nature of vulnerability to natural hazards and climate change the paper outlines vulnerability pro fi les of different households and socio-economic groups in selected hazard prone areas, notably in rural communities exposed to high fl oods, coastal communities exposed to saline intrusion and urban communities exposed to urban and tidal fl ooding. The different locations selected for the assessment of vulnerability allow comparing how different local context situations and hazard phenomena might in fl uence speci fi c coping and adaptation strategies. The socio-economic transformation processes and policy reforms that have affected all three locations are examined in terms of their in fl uence on vulnerability and capacities. The chapter provides a contribution to a further enhancement of methods, data bases and quality criteria for moving from an impact oriented risk assessment to a forward-looking vulnerability assessment

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“…By virtue of its proximity to the coast and its location in the Cà Mau peninsula, Bạ c Liêu is heavily affected by saline intrusion, as tidal forces drive salt water inland via rivers and irrigation canals T. Gorman (Kotera et al 2008). As the seas rise, this phenomenon will only intensify, putting the future of rice cultivation in Bạ c Liêu at risk, unless significant investments are made in protective infrastructure (Tuan and Chinvanno 2011;Smajgl et al 2015).…”

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From Food Crisis to Agrarian Crisis? Food Security Strategy and Rural Livelihoods in Vietnam

Gorman

2018

Food Anxiety in Globalising Vietnam

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The global food crisis of 2007–2008 caused rice prices to skyrocket, raising fears among Vietnamese consumers and policymakers over long-term supplies of this key staple. In response, the Vietnamese government promulgated a new food security policy which promoted intensive rice agriculture and limited the cultivation of alternative crops. In this chapter, Gorman first explores how “food security” came to be defined by the Vietnamese state as the maximization of rice production, and then uses survey data to trace the impact of this output-oriented policy on rural communities. Drawing on critical theories of agrarian change, Gorman argues that this emphasis on rice monoculture has eroded the livelihoods of small farmers, driving many out of agriculture altogether and contributed to the concentration of land among large producers.

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Climate Change in the Mekong River Delta and Key Concerns on Future Climate Threats

Cited by 24 publications

References 3 publications

Farmer adoptability for livelihood transformations in the Mekong Delta: a case in Ben Tre province

Farmer adoptability for livelihood transformations in the Mekong Delta: a case in Ben Tre province

Vulnerability, Coping and Adaptation to Water Related Hazards in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

From Food Crisis to Agrarian Crisis? Food Security Strategy and Rural Livelihoods in Vietnam

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