Journal
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Volume 28, Issue 3, Pages 448-467Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/sd.2036
Keywords
agriculture development; land law; land-use change; sustainable livelihood; Vietnamese Mekong Delta
Funding
- Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City [KHCN-TNB-DT/14-19/C20, TX2019-48-01]
- Floodbased farming systems for enhancing livelihood resilience in the floodplain of upper Mekong delta (DUPC2) [108 474]
- NWO UDW
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The Vietnamese Mekong Delta (VMD) is one of the most examined deltas in the world given its dynamics, complexity, and vulnerability. In the past decades, the VMD has changed rapidly, especially the land use in relation with the socioeconomic development. National policy has profoundly influenced these changes and the changes have significantly affected local livelihoods. However, these changes are not well reported systematically. In this study, we investigate land-use changes based on institutional analyses across multiple scales, that is, from national, provincial, to local livelihood based on institutional and sustainability analysis. The results show a strong relationship between legal settings over the last 30 years on land use and livelihood transitions. In addition, the constraints of implementing national legal frameworks at provincial level in practice were identified including effects to local livelihoods. We offer some recommendations for sustainable livelihoods in the VMD, with a focus on increasing socioecological resilience.
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