Essays about: "MEKONG"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 44 essays containing the word MEKONG.

1. 1. Groundwater Modelling in southeast Cambodia - Facing irrigation and groundwater level changes during a pandemic

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

   Author : Svea Bertolatus; [2024]
   Keywords : Cambodia; GMS Modflow; Groundwater modelling; irrigation; Mekong; Prey Veng; Svay Rieng; Technology and Engineering; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : In the Mekong region, sustainable water resource management is a significant challenge for all countries involved. In Cambodia, where rice production is crucial for household food security and export, groundwater is increasingly used for irrigation during the dry season, leading to higher rice yields. READ MORE

3. 2. Ecological risk assessment of pesticide use in rice farming in the Mekong Delta , Vietnam

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

   Author : Bubaraye Ohiosimuan Dirikumo; [2023]
   Keywords : Pesticides; Ecological Risk Assessment ERA ; rice farming; Mekong Delta; PRIMET Model; Exposure Toxicity Ratio ETR ; species sensitivity distribution SSD ; predicted environmental concentrations PECs ;

   Abstract : Pesticide use in rice farming is a common practice in the Mekong Delta and poses ecological risks to aquatic organisms, the environment, and human health. This study focused on the ecological risk assessment of pesticide use in rice farming using the PRIMET model as a decision support tool to evaluate the risks of pesticide exposure, ecotoxicity, and risk characterization, as well as employing the species sensitivity distribution (SSD) assessment model to calculate the potentially affected fraction (PAF) of species based on the computed predicted environmental concentrations (PECs) from PRIMET. READ MORE

4. 3. Environmental changes and migration : Understanding perceptions and rationalizations of stakeholders in An Biên District, Vietnam

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Vendela Permats Hammarbäck; [2023]
   Keywords : Vietnam; Mekong Delta; Environmental changes; Climate Change; Migration; Sustainable Rural Livelihoods; Drivers of Migration; Adaptation; Minor Field Study.;

   Abstract : As environmental changes, including climate change, become more and more severe and affect every corner of the world, many people are forced to move from their homestead as the nearby environment that once was a safe place slowly becomes inhabitable. The Mekong Delta in southern Vietnam is one of the places in the world where environmental changes jeopardize rural livelihoods creating a trend of out-migration and urbanization. READ MORE

5. 4. Power Relations in the Mekong River Basin - A look into the discourse of the Mekong River Commission

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Kipras Bajorinas; [2021]
   Keywords : Power; Mekong river basin; discourse; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study concerns itself with power assymetries between states as well as cooperative arrangements within the Mekong River Basin. Transboundary frameworks for cooperation are often faced with challenges in harmonizing policy in the face of competing interests and unequal power relations between states and stakeholders. READ MORE

6. 5. Exploateringen av Mekongfloden : en litteraturstudie om vattenkraftens påverkan på ekosystem och samhälle i Mekongregionen

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Emma Litsmark; [2021]
   Keywords : Mekongfloden; vattenkraft; reservoarer; socioekologiska förändringar;

   Abstract : Vattenkraften i Mekongfloden har stor påverkan på ekosystem, samhälle och ekonomi. Mekongregionen genomgår just nu en snabb socioekonomisk utveckling och har dessutom en ökande befolkning som kräver allt mer elektricitet, jordbruksmark och andra naturresurser. READ MORE