Learning from the neighbors: Economic and environmental impacts from intensive shrimp farming in the mekong delta of Vietnam

Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2144-2162

  Nguyen, Thuy T H ^a   Ford, Andrew ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensive shrimp farming; Learning process; Mekong delta; Recovery strategy; Stock density

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862636835     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su2072144     Document Type: Article

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