 Land‐use dynamics in the Mekong delta: From national policy to livelihood sustainabilityQuan H. Nguyen, Dung D. Tran, Khoi K. Dang, Dorien Korbee, Luan D. M. H. Pham, Lan T. Vu, Tang T. Luu, Loc H. Ho, Phat T. Nguyen, Trang T. T. Ngo, Dung T. K. Nguyen, Andrew Wyatt, Maaike van Aalst, Thong A. Tran and William B. Sea Sustainable Development, 2020, vol. 28, issue 3, 448-467 Abstract: The Vietnamese Mekong Delta (VMD) is one of the most examined deltas in the world given its dynamics, complexity, and vulnerability. In the past decades, the VMD has changed rapidly, especially the land use in relation with the socioeconomic development. National policy has profoundly influenced these changes and the changes have significantly affected local livelihoods. However, these changes are not well reported systematically. In this study, we investigate land‐use changes based on institutional analyses across multiple scales, that is, from national, provincial, to local livelihood based on institutional and sustainability analysis. The results show a strong relationship between legal settings over the last 30 years on land use and livelihood transitions. In addition, the constraints of implementing national legal frameworks at provincial level in practice were identified including effects to local livelihoods. We offer some recommendations for sustainable livelihoods in the VMD, with a focus on increasing socioecological resilience. Date: 2020 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wly:sustdv:v:28:y:2020:i:3:p:448-467 Access Statistics for this article Sustainable Development is currently edited by Richard Welford More articles in Sustainable Development from John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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