Sustainable Vietnam--Part 1: David Fraser outlines ongoing work within Vietnam that is designed to build capacity and establish environmental modelling capability.

GEO: connexion, February, 2007 by Fraser, David

Vietnam is a rapidly developing country with an economy based around agricultural production. The pressures on the environment are great and agricultural practices are changing as the impact of environmental change is felt at the farm level. Geospatial research can be used to provide scientific information as input to discussions relating to sustainable agricultural practices.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Background

Spatial information systems provide a means to integrate economic, social and environmental data to assist decision makers addressing long term sustainability issues. Staff at key tertiary education and research organisations in Vietnam recognise the value of using the tools available within spatial information systems to integrate...

Premium Content Partnership | HighBeam Research provides an in-depth online archive library of reference works. HighBeam Research

 

BNET TalkbackShare your ideas and expertise on this topic

Please add your comment:

  1. You are currently: a Guest |
  2.  

Basic HTML tags that work in comments are: bold (<b></b>), italic (<i></i>), underline (<u></u>), and hyperlink (<a href></a)

advertisement
CXO UnpluggedSmart Business interviews on BNET

See and hear how senior level executives across the Asia Pacific are developing smart business ideas across a variety of sectors. The focus is on the future, and on how businesses need to evolve.

advertisement
  • Click Here
  • Click Here
  • Click Here
advertisement