Overview
- Analyses the impact of climate change on rice crops and aquatic products in the Mekong Delta
- Discusses whether the Mekong mainstream dams constitute a regional cooperation or conflict in Southeast Asia
- Addresses the Mekong Delta water under stress and the need for a regional approach for a sustainable economic development in the future
Part of the book series: Natural Resource Management and Policy (NRMP, volume 44)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Mekong Delta Water Resources and Food Security
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The Mekong Delta and Regional Cooperation from the Mekong Committee to the Mekong River Commission
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About this book
The Mekong River has been a main source of conquest, conflict, and cooperation in the Southeast Asian region. Much has been written on the vital and critical importance of the Mekong River fresh water to the sustainable economic development of the Mekong Delta. This book selects the Mekong Delta as a case study of regional cooperation for water and food security for not only for Vietnam but also for the world in a new century of global economy. It focuses not only on the Mekong Delta as an integral part of the River but also on Can Tho City and its 12 provinces that produce over 50 percent of the country’s rice output and 60 percent of total fishery output. The book takes a micro approach to examine how each province is adapting to the twin threats of mainstream dams construction and climate change, reducing fresh water flows and increasing saline infusions on its present and future economy. Finally, it reviews the roles of international institutional arrangements, namely the Mekong Committee and the Mekong River Commission, in promoting regional cooperation among the riparian states for political and economic development of the Mekong Delta.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Water Resources and Food Security in the Vietnam Mekong Delta
Authors: Tuyet L. Cosslett, Patrick D. Cosslett
Series Title: Natural Resource Management and Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02198-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-02197-3Published: 11 December 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37806-0Published: 03 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-02198-0Published: 22 November 2013
Series ISSN: 0929-127X
Series E-ISSN: 2511-8560
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 178
Number of Illustrations: 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Economics, Hydrology/Water Resources, Agricultural Economics