Flood-based farming systems and human-water dynamics in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar

The flood-based farming systems in the Ayeyarwady Delta in Myanmar are changing. Change describes the modification of the flood pattern which is constituted by depth and duration of flooding and is the determining factor for rice cultivation. Flood-induced crop loss poses the major challenge to the...

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Autor principal: Schulte-Kellinghaus, Nikola
Formato: Tesis
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/107257
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description The flood-based farming systems in the Ayeyarwady Delta in Myanmar are changing. Change describes the modification of the flood pattern which is constituted by depth and duration of flooding and is the determining factor for rice cultivation. Flood-induced crop loss poses the major challenge to the farmers in the delta. To understand the flood-based farming systems in the Ayeyarwady Delta, the random forest algorithm was applied to generate rice suitability location models and to create suitability maps. Thus, correlations were observed between the developed definitions for the three rice growing areas based on quantitative interviews with farmers and the physical factors obtained from the input datasets – mainly remote sensing data concerning surface water and vegetation. To underpin the information of the generated suitability maps, human-water dynamics in the Ayeyarwady Delta are exemplified in terms of the pluralistic water research (PWR) framework (EVERS ET AL. 2017). Socio-economic and hydro-climatic drivers control this system and besides determine the suitable location of the three rice growing areas. This concept facilitates an understanding of the relationships and feedbacks of the human-water dynamics and is able to analyse flood risk mitigation in the Ayeyarwady Delta.
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spelling CGSpace1072572021-10-08T05:40:32Z Flood-based farming systems and human-water dynamics in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar Schulte-Kellinghaus, Nikola farming systems flooded rice floodplains deltas climate change extreme weather events biodiversity flooded land land use surface water hydroclimatology monsoon climate rain rivers soils salinity crop yield farmers market access socioeconomic environment models uncertainty The flood-based farming systems in the Ayeyarwady Delta in Myanmar are changing. Change describes the modification of the flood pattern which is constituted by depth and duration of flooding and is the determining factor for rice cultivation. Flood-induced crop loss poses the major challenge to the farmers in the delta. To understand the flood-based farming systems in the Ayeyarwady Delta, the random forest algorithm was applied to generate rice suitability location models and to create suitability maps. Thus, correlations were observed between the developed definitions for the three rice growing areas based on quantitative interviews with farmers and the physical factors obtained from the input datasets – mainly remote sensing data concerning surface water and vegetation. To underpin the information of the generated suitability maps, human-water dynamics in the Ayeyarwady Delta are exemplified in terms of the pluralistic water research (PWR) framework (EVERS ET AL. 2017). Socio-economic and hydro-climatic drivers control this system and besides determine the suitable location of the three rice growing areas. This concept facilitates an understanding of the relationships and feedbacks of the human-water dynamics and is able to analyse flood risk mitigation in the Ayeyarwady Delta. 2019-05-31 2020-02-25T03:53:59Z 2020-02-25T03:53:59Z Thesis https://hdl.handle.net/10568/107257 en Limited Access Schulte-Kellinghaus, Nikola. 2019. Flood-based farming systems and human-water dynamics in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar. Thesis submitted to the Department of Geography, University of Bonn, Germany, in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Master of Science. 100p.
spellingShingle farming systems
flooded rice
floodplains
deltas
climate change
extreme weather events
biodiversity
flooded land
land use
surface water
hydroclimatology
monsoon climate
rain
rivers
soils
salinity
crop yield
farmers
market access
socioeconomic environment
models
uncertainty
Schulte-Kellinghaus, Nikola
Flood-based farming systems and human-water dynamics in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar
title Flood-based farming systems and human-water dynamics in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar
title_full Flood-based farming systems and human-water dynamics in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar
title_fullStr Flood-based farming systems and human-water dynamics in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar
title_full_unstemmed Flood-based farming systems and human-water dynamics in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar
title_short Flood-based farming systems and human-water dynamics in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar
title_sort flood based farming systems and human water dynamics in the ayeyarwady delta myanmar
topic farming systems
flooded rice
floodplains
deltas
climate change
extreme weather events
biodiversity
flooded land
land use
surface water
hydroclimatology
monsoon climate
rain
rivers
soils
salinity
crop yield
farmers
market access
socioeconomic environment
models
uncertainty
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/107257
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