Environmental and political implications of Vietnam's water vulnerabilities
A multiscale assessment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20153635 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elena Givental (Department of Anthropology, Geography and Environmental Studies California State University East Bay California USA, corresponding author), Dianne Meredith (Maritime Policy and Management California Maritime Academy California USA) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 59-75 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0129-7619 • E-ISSN: 1467-9493 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/sjtg.12135 |
| OpenAlex | W2490671908 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 33 |
Vietnam's low‐lying areas of the Lower Mekong Basin are prone to floods, salt water inundation, and riparian competition with upstream neighbours. Vietnam's opening to the global economy, accompanied by industrialization and a rapidly growing population, impose multiscale (global, regional, local) stresses on urban and rural water systems resulting in water contamination and groundwater overdraft. Water vulnerability is a function of both natural and social hazards and depends on the scope of capital investment, political and ideological institutions, managerial capacity and governance. Water distribution and riparian ecosystem health are also hydropolitical issues related to dam‐building activity by Vietnam and its transboundary neighbours, Laos, Cambodia and particularly China, whose territory contains the source of the Mekong River. A multiscale assessment of Vietnam's interlinked water vulnerabilities indicates that the resilience of the country's social‐ecological water system rests on peaceful resolution of regional transboundary conflicts based on shared economic interests and on improved managerial practices of local authorities
Business · Corporate governance · Environmental planning · Geography · Population · Riparian zone · Vulnerability (computing) · Water resource management · Water resources · Water security · Ecology · Environmental Science · Transboundary Water Resource Management · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies · Water resources management and optimization
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |