On the Frontiers of Climate and Environmental Change: Vulnerabilities and Adaptations in Central Vietnam

Book Overview

Introduction: Adaptation to climate and environmental change in Central Vietnam.- Paradoxes in adaptation: Economic growth and socio-economic differentiation.- Is climate change a reality for agriculture in Quang Nam province?.- The Push for plantations: Drivers, rationales and social vulnerabilities in Quang Nam province.- Climate change impacts on natural hazards in mid-central Vietnam: Flood, drought and landslide.- Impediments to climate-induced disaster management: Evidence from Quang Nam, Central Vietnam.- Livelihood stresses under the constraints of climate change vulnerability in Quang Nam.- Rural households: Socio-economic characteristics, community organizing and adaptation abilities.- Natural resource management, vulnerability and climate change: A micro-scale study.- Climate change in the public media: Representations, debates and awareness.- Public health challenges from climatic and environmental change: Observations from Quang Nam.- The Co Minority of Central Vietnam: Interacting cultural and environmental change.- Vietnam's food security: A castle of cards in the winds of climate change?.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 364244427X
• ISBN13: 9783642444272
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"