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

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Bruun, Ole (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Casse, Thorkil (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: Environmental Science and Engineering, Environmental Engineering,
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Climate change.; Environmental sciences.; Cultural studies.; Earth Sciences.; Environmental Science and Engineering.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Cultural Studies.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.