In this chapter, the authors present their experiences in developing a conceptual framework for integrated health and environmental assessment, combining health status, physical, socio-economic and cultural environments to improve health and minimize environmental impact. Highlights focused on how...

In East and South-east Asia, parthenium weed (Parthenium hysterophorus) has invaded many countries, including Vietnam in 1922, Southern China in 1926, Japan in 1972, Taiwan in 1988, Korea in 1993, a new second introduction has been identified in Northern China (Shandong Province) in 2004, and it...

This chapter assesses the vulnerability of coastal tourism to climate change in Cu Lao Cham Island, Vietnam. It identifies 'beach-storm' and 'snorkelling-coral bleaching' as the two most important activity-hazard subsystems of concern. A number of adaptation solutions are suggested to mitigate...

This chapter presents a case study that analyses the impacts of climate change on the tourism industry in Hoi An, then discusses the effectiveness in response to the change taken by various sectors. The case study established that the heritage city has been affected in three ways: directly from...

This chapter adopts an historical perspective starting from pre-colonial times to detail how agricultural stagnation and abusive practices by public authorities have contributed to the generation of peasants' revolts, rebellions, and ultimately revolutions in Cambodia and Vietnam. The first section ...

This report is from a consultancy undertaken by a team of experts from China for The Bamboo Company in Vietnam. The report consists of the experts' suggestions for The Bamboo Company in Vietnam and introductions to bamboo processing experiences in China. Further, the report provides suggestions on...

This chapter describes the process that led to the emergence of a deprecatory discourse against swidden cultivation in French Indochina; a discourse that eventually led to the drafting of French colonial policies and regulations to fight swidden cultivation. Neither the prohibitions and penalties,...

This chapter examines the impacts of the Vietnamese government's 'renovation' policies (known as 'doi moi') on upland people's livelihoods and forest management. It is revealed that the doi moi process in upland regions is not meeting the government's objectives in improving local livelihoods and...

This chapter examines the growth of coffee cultivation in Dak Lak province, the economic efficiency and profitability of this crop, and the reasons for the uncontrolled growth of coffee cultivation. Also examined are the side effects of increased coffee production in Dak Lak, including immigration, ...

Deforestion is one of the most commonly heard official reasons behind policies for the sedentarization of shifting cultivators in Southeast Asia. But this chapter points out that attempts to correlate the map of deforestation and that of traditional swidden agriculture have not been conclusive. On...