Socio-Economic Changes in Cambodia’s Unique Tonle Sap Lake Area: A Spatial Approach

Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 413-432

  Salmivaara, Aura ^a   Kummu, Matti ^a   Varis, Olli ^a   Keskinen, Marko ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Flood pulse; Mekong Region; Population census; Socio economic data; Spatial analysis; Tonle Sap; Zoning

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CENSUS; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FISHING; FLOOD; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; POPULATION GROWTH; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CAMBODIA; MEKONG VALLEY; SIEM REAP; TONLE SAP LAKE;

EID: 84982801705     PISSN: 1874463X     EISSN: 18744621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12061-015-9157-z     Document Type: Article

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