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

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bruun, Ole. (Editor), Casse, Thorkil. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Environmental Science and Engineering, Environmental Engineering,
• Subjects: Geography.; Earth Sciences.; Environmental Science and Engineering.; Climate Change Impacts.; Cultural Studies.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35804-3

This book is intended to fill a gap in climate-change literature by providing a comprehensive regional study and identifying the overall adaptation challenges in a real-life context. The way in which possible climate impacts interact with a range of other challenges in agriculture, forestry, disaste...

Table of Contents:

• From the Contents: 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.