Social and environmental impact of rapid change in the coastal zone of Vietnam: An assessment of sustainability issues

Environment and Livelihoods in Tropical Coastal Zones: Managing Agriculture-Fishery-Aquaculture Conflicts

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 48-60

  Gowing, John W ^a   Tuong, To Phuc ^b   Hoanh, Chu Thai ^c   Khiem, N T ^d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^c IWMI SEA Regional Office for Southeast Asia   (Malaysia)

^d An Giang University   (Viet Nam)

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