PA21A:
Livelihoods and Ecosystem Services in Vulnerable Delta Regions: Implications for Policy and Practice

Session ID#: 3194

Tuesday, 16 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Salon 13-15 (Marriott Marquis)
Chairs:  Robert Twilley, Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, United States, Zoe Matthews, University of Southampton, Social Statistics and Demography, Southampton, United Kingdom and Sylvia Szabo, University of Southampton, Social Statistics and Demography, Southampton, SO14, United Kingdom
Primary Convener:  Sylvia Szabo, University of Southampton, Social Statistics and Demography, Southampton, SO14, United Kingdom
Co-conveners:  Zoe Matthews, University of Southampton, Social Statistics and Demography, Southampton, United Kingdom and Sandra M F da Costa, Universidade do Vale do Paraíba (UNIVAP), São Paulo, Brazil
OSPA Liaison:  Sylvia Szabo, University of Southampton, Social Statistics and Demography, Southampton, SO14, United Kingdom
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • ED - Education
Index Terms:

4321 Climate impact [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4329 Sustainable development [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4330 Vulnerability [NATURAL HAZARDS]
6620 Science policy [PUBLIC ISSUES]
Virtual Option?: No

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

PA21A-01
Land Use, Livelihoods, Vulnerabilities, and Resilience in Coastal Bangladesh (Invited) (3472)
Jonathan M Gilligan1, Brooke Ackerly2, Steven Lee Goodbred Jr1 and Carol Wilson1, (1)Vanderbilt University, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Nashville, TN, United States, (2)Vanderbilt University, Political Science, Nashville, TN, United States
PA21A-02
Is it restoration or reconciliation? California’s experience restoring the Sacramento – San Joaquin River Delta provides lessons learned and pathways forward to sustain critical ecosystem functions and services in a highly managed riverine delta. (Invited) (3477)
Joshua H Viers, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Merced, United States and Rodd Kelsey, The Nature Conservancy, Sacramento, CA, United States
PA21A-04
Changes in Ecosystem Services and related Livelihoods in the Mekong Delta: vulnerabilities and adaptation strategies (20981)
Zita Sebesvari and Fabrice Renaud, United Nations University, Institute for Enviroment and Human Security, Tokyo, Japan
PA21A-06
Vulnerability of climate change and its adaptation in the Mekong Delta: monitoring and resident’s perception along the coast (21130)
Makoto Tamura and Kazuya Yasuhara, Ibaraki University, Mito, Japan
PA21A-07
Restoring the Mississippi River Basin from the Catchment to the Coast Defines Science and Policy Issues of Ecosystem Services Associated with Alluvial and Coastal Deltaic Floodplains: Soil Conservation, Nutrient Reduction, Carbon Sequestration, and Flood Control (28130)
Robert Twilley, Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, United States
PA21A-08
Inter-Seasonal and Annual Co-Variation of Smallholder Production Portfolios, Volumes and Incomes with Rainfall and Flood Levels in the Amazon Estuary: Implications for Building Livelihood Resilience to Increasing Variability of Hydro-Climatic Regimes (29043)
Nathan D Vogt1, Katia Fernandes2, Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez3, Eduardo Brondizio4, Oriana Almeida5, Sergio Rivero5, Fernando Rabelo Rabelo6, You Dou7 and Peter Deadman7, (1)INPE National Institute for Space Research, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, (2)University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, United States, (3)Columbia University of New York, CERC, Palisades, NY, United States, (4)Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States, (5)UFPA Federal University of Para, NAEA, Pará, Brazil, (6)UEAP State University of Amapá, Forest Engineering, Macapá, Brazil, (7)University of Waterloo, Geography and Environmental Management, Waterloo, ON, Canada
PA21A-10
Keeping Pace with Climate Change: Habitat Protection in the Face of Uncertainty (9540)
Rebecca L Flitcroft, PNW Research Station, Seattle, United States, Kelly Burnett, PNW Research Station, Corvallis, United States and Guillermo Giannico, Oregon State University, Corvallis, United States
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