01280nam a2200205Ia 4500 CTU_161289 210402s9999 xx 000 0 und d 338.1 V953 Vormoor, Klaus Water engineering, agricultural development and socio-economic trends in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam Klaus Vormoor Bonn University of Bonn 2010 This paper illustrates the evolution and changes of agriculture closely linked to the development in water engineering in the Mekong Delta. It becomes apparent that the massive growth in agriculture during the last decades is not just the result of economic reforms in Vietnam but also depends significantly on contemporary and historical development in water engineering. Furthermore, this paper sketches recent socio-economic trends as industrialization, urbanization, poverty and migration, which shaped patterns that are partly linkable to water aspects in the Mekong Delta Agriculture,Nông nghiệp,Sociology,Xã hội học Economic aspects,Khía cạnh kinh tế,Economic aspects,Khía cạnh kinh tế Huỳnh Mai Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ