Implications on food production of the changing water cycle in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta
The Mekong Delta is sinking and shrinking due to excessive groundwater withdrawal for growing agricultural and other uses, coupled to reduced flow of water and sediments caused by upstream dams, growing upstream water uses and riverbed mining, reduced replenishment of aquifers, soil compaction, infr...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-06-01
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Series: | Global Ecology and Conservation |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989420302067 |