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

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dc.creatorSchulte-Kellinghaus, Nikola
dc.date2019-05-31
dc.date2020-02-25T03:53:59Z
dc.date2020-02-25T03:53:59Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:31:08Z
dc.descriptionThe 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.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/107257
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/158250
dc.languageen
dc.rightsLimited Access
dc.sourceSchulte-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.
dc.subjectfarming systems
dc.subjectflooded rice
dc.subjectfloodplains
dc.subjectdeltas
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjectextreme weather events
dc.subjectbiodiversity
dc.subjectflooded land
dc.subjectland use
dc.subjectsurface water
dc.subjecthydroclimatology
dc.subjectmonsoon climate
dc.subjectrain
dc.subjectrivers
dc.subjectsoils
dc.subjectsalinity
dc.subjectcrop yield
dc.subjectfarmers
dc.subjectmarket access
dc.subjectsocioeconomic environment
dc.subjectmodels
dc.subjectuncertainty
dc.titleFlood-based farming systems and human-water dynamics in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar
dc.typeThesis

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