{"id":2121,"date":"2018-01-10T10:51:12","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T10:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/?p=2121"},"modified":"2018-01-10T10:51:12","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T10:51:12","slug":"climate-change-is-triggering-a-migrant-crisis-in-vietnam-now-published-on-the-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/2018\/01\/10\/climate-change-is-triggering-a-migrant-crisis-in-vietnam-now-published-on-the-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Climate change is triggering a migrant crisis in Vietnam&#8221; now published on The Conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Alex Chapman, University of Southampton<\/em><\/p>\n<p>DECCMA and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espadelta.net\/\">ESPA Deltas<\/a> researcher Dr Alex Chapman&#8217;s piece &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/climate-change-is-triggering-a-migrant-crisis-in-vietnam-88791\">Climate change is triggering a migrant crisis in Vietnam<\/a>&#8221; has just been published on The Conversation UK. The article outlines how net out-migration of one million people from the delta &#8211; over double the national average &#8211; relates to a reduction in agricultural productivity and the effects of repeated exposure to cyclones that cause erosion of land and infrastructure.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2122\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2122\" class=\"wp-image-2122 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2018\/01\/Alex-The-Conversation-300x136.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2018\/01\/Alex-The-Conversation-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2018\/01\/Alex-The-Conversation.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2122\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of The Conversation<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Crucially, the article highlights that the creation of embankments, intended by the government to support <em>in situ<\/em> adaptation, actually often have the opposite effect. This is because in protecting the land, the embankments prevent &#8220;normal&#8221; flooding that replenishes soil nutrients and supports fishery-based livelihoods. Dr Chapman concludes by highlighting the importance of ensuring economic growth and adaptation supports all groups of the population to reduce a potential migrant crisis.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Alex Chapman, University of Southampton DECCMA and ESPA Deltas researcher Dr Alex Chapman&#8217;s piece &#8220;Climate change is triggering a migrant crisis in Vietnam&#8221; has just been published on The Conversation UK. The article outlines how net out-migration of one million people from the delta &#8211; over double the national average &#8211; relates to a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2570,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[70,68,66],"class_list":["post-2121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feature","tag-adaptation","tag-delta","tag-migration"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2570"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2121"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2124,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121\/revisions\/2124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}