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Social Impact Monitoring and Vulnerability Assessment (SIMVA) 2018

DOI
10.52107/mrc.qx5ynt
Title
Social Impact Monitoring and Vulnerability Assessment (SIMVA) 2018
SubTitle
Report on 2018 baseline survey of the Lower Mekong mainstream and floodplain areas
Author
MRC
Abstract
SIMVA 2018 is the third survey of its type and was conducted in the same sites and used the same methods of collecting primary household and village data, as the SIMVA 2014 and 2011 exercises. Covering 2,800 households in 200 villages the 2018 survey shows that communities in the Mekong mainstream corridor were still dependent on the river resources for their livelihoods, income, and well-being. As such, they are still vulnerable to changes in the Mekong water resources. However, their overall dependency has decreased with other, non-water resources-related livelihood activities playing increasingly important roles. From 2014 to 2018 the percentage of households engaging in fishing decreased across the region from 50% to approximately 37%. The study also indicates growing incidence of flooding, possibly as a result of climate change and other factors, including water infrastructure development. Government support in livelihood diversification and disaster coping strategies is essential and there is much room for improvement in this regard.
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MRC Secretariat
Categories
Reports Technical Paper Series
Keywords
MRC Basin Monitoring
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Open Access
Copyright
MRC
License
Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial 4.0
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MRC. (2021). Social Impact Monitoring and Vulnerability Assessment (SIMVA) 2018. Vientiane: MRC Secretariat. https://doi.org/10.52107/mrc.qx5ynt

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