Political ecology of freshening the Mekong’s coastal delta: narratives of place-based land-use dynamics

Political ecology of freshening the Mekong’s coastal delta: narratives of place-based land-use dynamics

ABSTRACTThis paper explores how the state-led ‘freshening the coastal zones’ policy has been implemented in pursuit of sustainable development in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. Drawing on a case study of the Ba Lai irrigation scheme in a coastal district of Ben Tre Province, the paper argues that the...

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Main Authors: Thong Anh Tran, Hieu Van Tran, Jamie Pittock, Brian Cook
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2022-01-01
Series:Journal of Land Use Science
Subjects:
Irrigation scheme
land-use change
political ecology
saltwater intrusion
Vietnamese Mekong Delta
Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/1747423X.2022.2126907

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