Transformation of Vietnamese rural community and the residents' use of natural resources in an era of globalization

本研究阐明了越南农村社区的转型与居民对自然资源的利用。我们关注居民对自然资源（如水）的传统使用，并研究自20世纪70年代中期以来他们如何改变对自然资源的使用。(1) 1995年在小区铺设水管后，居民日常生活用水的主要来源迅速从小区内的私人池塘和水道转变为新的水管。喷洒在水田上的农药使当地居民食用的各种生物失去了生命。他们中的大多数人都非常担心水路中的水被农用化学品污染了。然而，相当多的居民对清理活动等水道改善行动持消极态度。我们从该地区当地社区的特点出发，审视这一矛盾背后的因素。

This research clarifies transformation of Vietnamese rural community and the residents' use of natural resources. We focus on the residents' conventional use of natural resources such as water and examine how they have been changing the usage of them since the middle of 1970s.(1)After they had water pipes laid in the community in 1995, the main source of water for the residents' daily life had rapidly changed from their private ponds and the waterway in the community to the new water pipes. And agricultural chemicals sprayed on paddy fields lost various kinds of creatures, which had been used for food in the local residents.(2)Most of them were strongly concerned that the water in the waterway was polluted by agricultural chemicals. However, quite a few residents had passive attitude for improvement actions for the waterway like cleanup activities. We examine the elements behind this contradiction, from the view of the character of the local community in this region.