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Record Nr.

UNINA9910446329403321

Titolo

Tropical deltas and coastal zones : food production, communities, and environment at the land-water interface / / edited by Chu T. Hoanh ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI, 2010

ISBN

1-282-65784-4

9786612657849

1-84593-619-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (495 p.)

Collana

Comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture series ; ; v. 9

Altri autori (Persone)

ChuThai Hoanh <1949->

Disciplina

639.0913

Soggetti

Aquaculture - Tropics

Fisheries - Tropics

Water use - Management - Developing countries

Deltas - Developing countries

Deltas - Tropics

Coastal zone management - Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"In association with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), the WorldFish Center the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, and CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF)."

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Preface; Series Foreword; PART I: INTRODUCTION; PART II: AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES; PART III: AGRICULTURE; PART IV: COMMUNITIES AND GOVERNANCE; PART V: COASTAL AND DELTA ENVIRONMENTS; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Tropical coastal deltas represent one of the most diverse biophysical regions in the developing world. Focusing on the developing countries of Asia, Africa and South America, this title explores the diverse livelihoods of people in these areas and the impact of land-water management on the environment.