Emilie Cremin, Cai J T Ladd, Thorsten Balke, Sumana Banerjee, Ly H Bui, Tuhin Ghosh, Andy Large, Hue Thi Van Le, Kien V Nguyen, Lan X Nguyen, Tanh T N Nguyen, Vinh Nguyen, Indrajit Pal, Sylvia Szabo, Ha Tran, Zita Sebesvari, Shah Alam Khan, Fabrice G Renaud
The sustainability of social-ecological systems within river deltas globally is in question as rapid development and environmental change trigger "negative" or "positive" tipping points depending on actors' perspectives, e.g. regime shift from abundant sediment deposition to sediment shortage, agricultural sustainability to agricultural collapse or shift from rural to urban land use. Using a systematic review of the literature, we show how cascading effects across anthropogenic, ecological, and geophysical processes have triggered numerous tipping points in the governance, hydrological, and land-use management of the world's river deltas...
April 13, 2024: Ambio