Resilience and shifts in agro-ecosystems facing increasing sea-level rise and salinity intrusion in Ben Tre Province, Mekong Delta

Climatic Change

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 69-84

  Renaud, F G ^a   Le, Thi Thu Huong ^a   Lindener, C ^a,b,d   Guong, Vo Thi ^c   Sebesvari, Z ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^c CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; MERCURY (METAL); SEA LEVEL; SHELLFISH; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS; COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY; INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; WATER-RELATED PROBLEMS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 84951894220     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-014-1113-4     Document Type: Article

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