Analysis of village accessibility and its impact on land use dynamics in a mountainous province of northern Vietnam |
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Authors: | Jean-Christophe Castella Pham Hung Manh Suan Pheng Kam Lorena Villano Nathalie Rachel Tronche |
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Affiliation: | aInstitut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), B.P. 64501, 34394 Montpellier Cedex 5, France;bInternational Rice Research Institute (IRRI), DAPO 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines;cMountain Agrarian Systems Program, Vietnam Agricultural Science Institute (VASI), Thanh Tri, Ha Noi, Viet Nam |
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Abstract: | Surveys carried out in mountainous areas of northern Vietnam at research sites selected across a gradient of market integration, revealed strong relationships between the location of the village with respect to the national road network and the nature of its land-use systems, its poverty level and more generally its potential for development. We developed and tested in Bac Kan province a method to give an objective and quantitative definition of accessibility over a large geographic area. Accessibility maps integrated in a provincial GIS showed that despite recent improvements to the road network, some remote areas do not benefit from recent development. |
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Keywords: | Accessibility Rural development Road network Mountain agriculture Vietnam |
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