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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Mekong Delta"”.
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Large-scale floodplain sediment dynamics in the Mekong Delta : present state and future prospects
The Mekong Delta (MD) sustains the livelihood and food security of millions of people in Vietnam and Cambodia. It is known as the “rice bowl” of South East Asia and has one of the world’s most productive fisheries. Sediment dynamics play a major role for the high productivity of agriculture and …
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Rising Tides, Falling Harvests: Examining the Effects of Salinity Intrusion on Paddy Production in Lower Mekong Delta, Vietnam
… is a major threat to paddy cultivation in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam (MKD). Salinity exposure reduces crop yields, increases soil salinity, and exacerbates fresh water scarcity, resulting in altered land use decisions and decreased paddy farming profitability. This study evaluates the effects …
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Moral Economy Meets Global Economy: Negotiating Risk, Vulnerability and Sustainable Livelihood among Shrimp Farming Households in Vietnam's Mekong Delta
… among shrimp farming households in Vietnam's Mekong Delta. I use the ways these households perceive and experience risk and vulnerability as a lens for understanding their situation. The study finds that farming households across the socio-economic spectrum have experienced intensified risk …
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Vietnamese villages in the Mekong Delta: their articulations with a wider society and the implications for local social organization
… I examine community social organization in the Mekong Delta with particular reference to the nature and consequences of the village’s connections with the wider Vietnamese society. In so doing, my objectives are both ethnographic and theoretical. The latter derive from the fact that, although …
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Assessment of Sediment and Salinity in the Lower Mekong River Basin
The Mekong River Basin (MRB) is famous for its rice farming and export and produces more than 20 million tons of rice per year. Rice production depends on climate, irrigation, soil fertility. However, this region is adversely impacted by several environmental concerns like nutrient deficiency from …
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Seeking Christian enculturation among Vietnamese Evangelicals
… sampling of Southern Vietnamese in the Mekong Delta regions. This model exposes evidence of enculturated dispositions of filial piety, that is, a filial habitus among non-Evangelicals and Vietnamese Evangelicals alike. This enculturated trait may be seen in the Evangelical ritual of the …
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“Bring security to the people and not the people to security”: security, refugee, and ethnic minority policies and implementation in Vietnam’s central highlands, 1968-1975
… populated and ethnically homogeneous Saigon and Mekong Delta regions of the Republic of Vietnam (RVN). This thesis examines Lam Dong province, at the southern end of the Vietnamese central highlands. Focusing on the territorial forces initiative and RVN policy toward ethnic minority Montagnards …
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Development of Water and Wastewater Biofiltration Technologies for the Developing World using Locally Available Packing Media: Case Studies in Vietnam and Haiti
… wetlands treating septic tank effluent in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. </p><p>In the first part of this dissertation, biosand filters in the Artibonite Valley of Haiti, the epicenter of the cholera epidemic, were tested for total coliform and <italic>V. cholerae</italic> removal efficiencies. …