Interplay between land-use dynamics and changes in hydrological regime in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta
| Autor: | Lam-Dao Nguyen, Arnold K. Bregt, Thuy Ngan Le, Gerardo van Halsema, Petra Hellegers |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences 0208 environmental biotechnology Geography Planning and Development Land-use change Climate change WASS 02 engineering and technology Management Monitoring Policy and Law 01 natural sciences Mekong Delta Laboratory of Geo-information Science and Remote Sensing Laboratorium voor Geo-informatiekunde en Remote Sensing Land-use planning 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Nature and Landscape Conservation Food security Land use Forestry PE&RC Livelihood 020801 environmental engineering Water resources Geography Vietnam Hydrological regime Water resources management Paddy field Water resource management Cropping |
| Zdroj: | Land Use Policy 73 (2018) Land Use Policy, 73, 269-280 |
| ISSN: | 0264-8377 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.01.030 |
| Popis: | Policies supporting rice production and investments in water infrastructure enabled intensification and diversification of farming systems in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta (VMD) over the past 20 years. Yet, demands of food security, economic development, and climate change continue to pose diverging and often conflicting challenges for water resources management in the upper, central, and coastal zones of the delta. The major changes effected in the VMD’s hydrological regime and land-use patterns are acknowledged in the literature, but few studies have examined the interplay between these dynamics at the delta scale. Based on time-series maps and statistical data on land-use, flooding, and salinity intrusion, we investigated the interrelations between land-use dynamics and changes in hydrological regime across the VMD in three representative periods. Land-use was found to be highly variable, changing by 14.94% annually between 2001 and 2012. Rice cropping underwent the greatest change, evolving from single cropping of traditional varieties towards double and triple cropping of high-yielding varieties. Aquaculture remained stable after rapid expansion in the 1990s and early 2000s. Meanwhile, flooding and salinity intrusion were increasingly controlled by hydrological infrastructure erected to supply freshwater for agriculture. Effects of this infrastructure became particularly evident from 2001 to 2012. During this period, spatial and temporal impacts on flooding and salinity intrusion were found, which extended beyond the rice fields to affect adjacent lands and livelihood activities. Unforeseen effects will likely be aggravated by climate change, suggesting a need to rethink the scale of planning towards a more integrated hydrologic approach. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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