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

Tuesday, 16 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Chairs:  Robert Twilley, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States and Zoe Matthews, University of Southampton, Social Statistics and Demography, Southampton, United Kingdom
Primary Conveners:  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 Liaisons:  Sylvia Szabo, University of Southampton, Social Statistics and Demography, Southampton, SO14, United Kingdom

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

8:00 AM
PA21A-01
 
Land Use, Livelihoods, Vulnerabilities, and Resilience in Coastal Bangladesh
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
8:10 AM
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.
Joshua H Viers, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, United States and Rodd Kelsey, The Nature Conservancy, Sacramento, CA, United States
8:20 AM
PA21A-03
 
Impacts on Poverty of Encroaching Salinity on the Bengal (GBM) Delta: A Spatial Case Study in Southern Bangladesh
Craig Hutton1, Fiifi Amoako Johnson2, Duncan Hornby3, Atilla Lazar3 and Anirban Mukhopadhyay4, (1)University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14, United Kingdom, (2)University of Southampton, School of Social Sciences, Southampton, United Kingdom, (3)University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, (4)Jadavpur University, India, School of Oceanographic Studies, Kolkata, India
8:30 AM
PA21A-04
 
Changes in Ecosystem Services and related Livelihoods in the Mekong Delta: vulnerabilities and adaptation strategies
Zita Sebesvari and Fabrice G. Renaud, United Nations University, Institute for Enviroment and Human Security, Bonn, Germany
8:40 AM
PA21A-05
 
Recent social and biogeophysical changes in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna, Mekong, and Amazon deltas as inputs into evolutionary policy-making.
Caio Cesar de Araujo Barbosa1, Sarwar Hossain1, Sylvia Szabo2, Zoe Matthews3, Sally Heard1 and John Dearing1, (1)University of Southampton, Geography and Environment, Southampton, United Kingdom, (2)University of Southampton, Social Statistics and Demography, Southampton, SO14, United Kingdom, (3)University of Southampton, Social Statistics and Demography, Southampton, United Kingdom
8:50 AM
PA21A-06
 
Vulnerability of climate change and its adaptation in the Mekong Delta: monitoring and resident’s perception along the coast
Makoto Tamura and Kazuya Yasuhara, Ibaraki University, Mito, Japan
9:00 AM
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
Robert Twilley, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
9:10 AM
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
Nathan D Vogt1, Katia Fernandes2, Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez3, Eduardo S 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)International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, 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
9:20 AM
PA21A-09
 
The Role of Governance in Connecting Ecosystem Services and Livelihoods: Lessons from Bangladesh
Andrew Allan1, Michelle M.L. Lim1, Nabiul Islam2, Mashfiqus Salehin3 and Md. Munsur Rahman3, (1)University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom, (2)Bangladesh Institute for Development Studies, Dhaka, Bangladesh, (3)Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Institute of Water and Flood Management, Dhaka, Bangladesh
9:30 AM
PA21A-10
 
Keeping Pace with Climate Change: Habitat Protection in the Face of Uncertainty
Rebecca L Flitcroft, PNW Research Station, Seattle, WA, United States, Kelly Burnett, PNW Research Station, Corvallis, United States and Guillermo Giannico, Oregon State University, Corvallis, United States
9:40 AM
PA21A-11
 
The spatial extent of change in tropical forest ecosystem services in the Amazon delta
Caio Cesar de Araujo Barbosa1, Peter Atkinson2 and John Dearing2, (1)University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, (2)University of Southampton, Geography and Environment, Southampton, United Kingdom
9:50 AM
PA21A-12
 
Impact of Sea Level Rise on Mangrove Ecosystem and its Dependent Fishing Communities in the Coastal Regions of Cauvery Delta: A Message for Policy Planners to Frame Suitable Antcipatory Adaptation Strategies
Saleem Khan Amsad Ibrahim Khan1, Andimuthu Ramachandran1, Palanivelu Kandasamy1, Vaithialingam Selvam2 and Punitha Shanmugam2, (1)Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation Research, Department of Civil Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, India, (2)M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation, Coastal Systems Research, Chennai, India
 
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