A typology of household livelihood changes in rural coastal areas of the Vietnamese Mekong Delta—Capturing the heterogeneity and complexity of the social‐ecological context
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20153787 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thi Thanh Hoai Pham (0000-0001-7218-824X, University of Cologne, corresponding author), J R Díez (0000-0003-2065-1380, University of Cologne), Matthias Garschagen (0000-0001-9492-4463, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Department of Geography) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 241-263 |
| Publication date | 2021-05-01 |
| 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.12335 |
| OpenAlex | W3045541605 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 35 |
Over the last decades, the Vietnamese Mekong Delta (VMD) has experienced drastic political, socio‐economic, and ecological changes. On a conceptual level, numerous studies started to emphasize that livelihood shifts are driven by not only climate but also socio‐economic and institutional changes. Nevertheless, on an analytical and operational level, research taking up both aspects of social and ecological changes in analysing the dynamics of livelihood is still lacking. This paper therefore is to present a typology of livelihood transitions to capture complex sets and interactions of environmental and non‐environmental drives for livelihood changes. The paper thus aims at providing a valid representation of the shifts on the ground that can also be used in policy‐making and future research. Using data from a household survey conducted in three provinces (n = 524), we propose a typology of six livelihood‐change trends that reflects the level of intensity of agrarian adjustments, particularly system‐shift versus diversification, as well as the role of non‐agricultural income changes. The typology allows further analysis of characteristics of the six household groups respectively, thereby facilitating the identification of enabling factors and barriers to sustainable livelihood improvements. This classification method can also be transferred to develop similar household livelihood‐change typologies in other contexts
Agrarian society · Agriculture · Business · Climate change · Context (archaeology) · Diversification (marketing strategy) · Economic geography · Economics · Environmental change · Environmental resource management · Geography · Livelihood · Socioeconomics · Typology · Vietnamese · Ecology · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Rural development and sustainability · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2023 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |