Overview
- Environmental Change and Climate Change is a hot topic especially in densely populated river deltas of the world
- Southeast Asia and especially Vietnam as an emerging country in the centre of attention
- A large group of organizations active in the Delta (potential customers) – e.g. AuSAID, USAID, GTZ, KfW, Daninda, Mekong River Comission, UN, Worldbank, Asian Development Bank
Part of the book series: Springer Environmental Science and Engineering (SPRINGERENVIRON)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Deltas Under Change
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Water and Development in the Mekong Delta
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Water and development in the Mekong Delta
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Water Resources and Related Risks
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Water resources and related risks
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Water and Environment
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Water Knowledge and Information
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About this book
This book about the Mekong Delta presents a unique collection of state-of-the-art contributions by international experts from different scientific disciplines about the characteristics and pressing water-related challenges of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. The Mekong Delta belongs to one of the areas, which are to expect the largest challenges concerning environmental change and climate change induced sea level rise . The Delta acts as the “rice bowl” of Southeast Asia and is home to over 17 Million people, who need to cope with ecologic as well as socio-economic changes linked to the rapid economic development of the country. Annual floods, severe droughts, salt water intrusion, degrading water quality, tropical cyclones, hydrologic changes due to hydropower projects in the upstream of the Mekong, coastal erosion, and the loss of biodiversity are some of the problems in the region. Heterogeneous resource management responsibilities, and the fact that the Mekong – and thus also the Delta – is influenced by six countries aggravate the situation. Integrated water resources management and fostered cooperation and information exchange are pressing needs for the sustainable development of the Delta.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Mekong Delta System
Book Subtitle: Interdisciplinary Analyses of a River Delta
Editors: Fabrice G. Renaud, Claudia Kuenzer
Series Title: Springer Environmental Science and Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-3962-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3961-1Published: 07 June 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8456-6Published: 18 July 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-3962-8Published: 01 June 2012
Series ISSN: 2194-3214
Series E-ISSN: 2194-3222
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 464
Topics: Monitoring/Environmental Analysis, Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management, Climate Change, Sustainable Development, Quality of Life Research