Beschreibung
Floods are generally perceived as natural hazards. This book, in contrast,
portrays the `beautiful floods’ of the Mekong Delta, which annually
constitute a substantial resource for people’s rural livelihoods. With a
focus on floods, the author employs a `lifeworlds’ analysis to investigate
dynamics of environmental and livelihood knowledge among farming and
fishing communities and demonstrates that rapid agrarian change has both
positive and negative impacts.
Judith Ehlert is a sociologist and senior researcher at the Center for
Development Research, University of Bonn (Germany). She is a specialist in
Southeast Asia and is currently working on the political ecology of food
and agriculture.
