“…It is linked to the ‘ecology’, inequality and the agency of ideas and the actions of social, economic and discursive power across scales (Kull et al ., ; Harris, ). According to Watts (: 257), political ecology attempts tounderstand the complex relations between nature and society through a careful analysis of what might call the forms of access and control over resources and their implications for environmental health and sustainable livelihoods.Apart from exploring the dialectical nature–society linkages through an analysis of the political economy of environmental change (Robbins, ; Fogelman, ), political ecology critically explains what is wrong with dominant accounts of environmental change, while exploring alternatives, adaptations in the face of mismanagement and exploitation. Scott and Sullivan () identified two key themes of political ecology, involving the discourses associated with the examination of environment and power relationships shaped by these discourses (Arnall, ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Apart from exploring the dialectical nature-society linkages through an analysis of the political economy of environmental change (Robbins, 2012;Fogelman, 2018), political ecology critically explains what is wrong with dominant accounts of environmental change, while exploring alternatives, adaptations in the face of mismanagement and exploitation. Scott and Sullivan (2000) identified two key themes of political ecology, involving the discourses associated with the examination of environment and power relationships shaped by these discourses (Arnall, 2014).…”
This paper investigates the adaptation processes with reference to the narrative analysis of human–environment interactions in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. From the political ecology perspective, it focuses on the discourses of the power relationships embedded within the ‘state‐society‐flood’ nexus over the course of its ‘opening‐up and closing‐off’ processes (e.g. excavating large‐scale canals for human settlements and agricultural expansion (opening‐up) and human interventions into natural systems through water control structures (closing‐off)). Drawing on empirical data gathered from 33 interviews and nine focus group discussions in three study areas and relevant literature, the paper argues that human interactions with the flood environments are intertwined with adjustments of adaptation patterns as evidenced through three periods: free adaptation (pre‐1975), transitional adaptation (1976–2010) and forced adaptation (after 2010). These processes have witnessed a gradual power shift in the ‘state‐society’ relations in manipulating floods, which moves from the top‐down towards a more collaborative fashion. By unravelling the political ecology of the ‘state‐society‐flood’ nexus, this paper exhibits the skewed development in the delta, which is largely bound to short‐term development planning to prioritise local socio‐economic and political objectives. The paper contributes important policy implications for achieving socially just and environmentally sustainable development in the delta.
“…It is linked to the ‘ecology’, inequality and the agency of ideas and the actions of social, economic and discursive power across scales (Kull et al ., ; Harris, ). According to Watts (: 257), political ecology attempts tounderstand the complex relations between nature and society through a careful analysis of what might call the forms of access and control over resources and their implications for environmental health and sustainable livelihoods.Apart from exploring the dialectical nature–society linkages through an analysis of the political economy of environmental change (Robbins, ; Fogelman, ), political ecology critically explains what is wrong with dominant accounts of environmental change, while exploring alternatives, adaptations in the face of mismanagement and exploitation. Scott and Sullivan () identified two key themes of political ecology, involving the discourses associated with the examination of environment and power relationships shaped by these discourses (Arnall, ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Apart from exploring the dialectical nature-society linkages through an analysis of the political economy of environmental change (Robbins, 2012;Fogelman, 2018), political ecology critically explains what is wrong with dominant accounts of environmental change, while exploring alternatives, adaptations in the face of mismanagement and exploitation. Scott and Sullivan (2000) identified two key themes of political ecology, involving the discourses associated with the examination of environment and power relationships shaped by these discourses (Arnall, 2014).…”
This paper investigates the adaptation processes with reference to the narrative analysis of human–environment interactions in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. From the political ecology perspective, it focuses on the discourses of the power relationships embedded within the ‘state‐society‐flood’ nexus over the course of its ‘opening‐up and closing‐off’ processes (e.g. excavating large‐scale canals for human settlements and agricultural expansion (opening‐up) and human interventions into natural systems through water control structures (closing‐off)). Drawing on empirical data gathered from 33 interviews and nine focus group discussions in three study areas and relevant literature, the paper argues that human interactions with the flood environments are intertwined with adjustments of adaptation patterns as evidenced through three periods: free adaptation (pre‐1975), transitional adaptation (1976–2010) and forced adaptation (after 2010). These processes have witnessed a gradual power shift in the ‘state‐society’ relations in manipulating floods, which moves from the top‐down towards a more collaborative fashion. By unravelling the political ecology of the ‘state‐society‐flood’ nexus, this paper exhibits the skewed development in the delta, which is largely bound to short‐term development planning to prioritise local socio‐economic and political objectives. The paper contributes important policy implications for achieving socially just and environmentally sustainable development in the delta.
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