Living with floods: an evaluation of the resettlement program of the Mekong Delta of Vietnam
Edited book (chapter)
Chapter Title | Living with floods: an evaluation of the resettlement program of the Mekong Delta of Vietnam |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 3337 |
Book Title | Environmental change and agricultural sustainability in the Mekong Delta |
Authors | Danh, Thanh Vo (Author) and Mushtaq, Shahbaz (Author) |
Editors | Stewart, Mart A. and Coclanis, Peter A. |
Page Range | 181-204 |
Series | Advances in Global Change Research |
Chapter Number | 11 |
Number of Pages | 24 |
Year | 2011 |
Publisher | Springer |
Place of Publication | Dordrecht, Netherlands |
ISBN | 9789400709331 |
ISSN | 1574-0919 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0934-8_11 |
Abstract | The Vietnamese Mekong Delta (VMD) is a region increasingly affected by flooding. In 1996, the Vietnamese government launched an ambitious Living With the Flood (LWF) program. The objective of the program was to build dwelling houses for residents relocated from the VMD’s flood areas. The program has built more than 1,000 resettlement clusters (RCs) for the 200,000 households and 1 million people previously living in the now permanently flooded areas. Total investment capital has been about US $200 million. While the LWF policy is accepted and popular within the VMD, there are many reasons that make the resettlement program both successful and unsuccessful. Identifying the factors influencing the effectiveness of the program will help local authorities to develop appropriate measures to improve the resettlement program. The rationale of this study was to review and conduct a qualitative analysis of the effectiveness of the resettlement program. |
Keywords | floods; living with flood policy; resettlement cluster; resettlement path; resettlement program; Vietnam |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 300210. Sustainable agricultural development |
380105. Environment and resource economics | |
410406. Natural resource management | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Can Tho University, Vietnam |
Australian Centre for Sustainable Catchments | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q0vx1/living-with-floods-an-evaluation-of-the-resettlement-program-of-the-mekong-delta-of-vietnam
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