Adaptation and development trade-offs: fluvial sediment deposition and the sustainability of rice-cropping in An Giang Province, Mekong Delta

Climatic Change

Volumn 137, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 593-608

  Chapman, Alexander D ^a   Darby, Stephen E ^a   Hồng, Hoàng M ^b   Tompkins, Emma L ^a   Van, Tri P D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Mekong Delta; Rice; Sediment; Trade off

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DEPOSITION; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FLOODS; SEDIMENTS; SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; MEKONG DELTA; RICE; SHORT-TERM ADAPTATION; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; TRADE OFF;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROPPING PRACTICE; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DIKE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FLOODPLAIN; RICE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRADE-OFF;

AN GIANG; MEKONG DELTA; VIET NAM;

EID: 84964658568     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-016-1684-3     Document Type: Article

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