tailieunhanh - Climate change and land use change of rural households in The red river delta, Vietnam

Climate change and land use change of rural households in The red river delta, Vietnam. Climate change (CC) and its impacts on the socio-economy and the develop ment of communities has become an issue causing very sp ecial concern. The rise in glob-al temp eratures, in sea levels, extreme weather phenomena, and salinization have occurred more and more and have directly inf luenced the livelihoods of rural house holds. | Journal of Economics and Development Vol. 15, , August 2013, pp. 79 - 94 ISSN 1859 0020 Climate Change and Land Use Change of Rural Households in The Red River Delta, Vietnam Luu Bich Ngoc National Economics University, Vietnam Email: bichngocluu@ Abstract Climate change (CC) and its impacts on the socio-economy and the development of communities has become an issue causing very special concern. The rise in global temperatures, in sea levels, extreme weather phenomena, and salinization have occurred more and more and have directly influenced the livelihoods of rural households in the Red River Delta – one of the two regions projected to suffer strongly from climate change in Vietnam. For farming households in this region, the major and traditional livelihoods are based on main production materials as agricultural land, or aquacultural water surface Changes in the land use of rural households in the Red River Delta during recent times was influenced strongly by the Renovation policy in agriculture as well as the process of industrialization and modernization in the country. Climate change over the past 5 years (2005-2011) has started influencing household land use with the concrete manifestations being the reduction of the area cultivated and the changing of the purpose of land use. Keywords: Land use change, climate change, salinization, extreme weather phenomena, response, adaptation. Journal of Economics and Development 79 Vol. 15, , August 2013 1. Introduction use change in the Red River Delta was strongly affected by the Renovation policy on agriculture and by economic restructuring after the year 1986. The economic restructuring was characterized by the transfer of labor from areas with low productivity to areas where there was higher productivity. Economic restructuring entails the consequences of changes in land use structure; changes in proprietorship, level of land agglomeration; changes in business customs, in plants and animals