Stress on tropical karst cultivated with wet rice: Bohol, Philippines

Author

P. B. Urich

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Publication Date

6-1-1993

Publication Title

Environmental Geology

Volume Number

21

Abstract

Wet rice cultivation represents one of the most intensive uses of tropical karst. Under wet field conditions karstlands can be highly resilient, but nevertheless vulnerable to change. The karst environment in this study has been cultivated for at least five centuries. However, the post-World War II era has fostered a host of pressures that have altered the local ecology. Resulting stress in the irrigation systems and society threaten the maintenance of this viable karst-based agricultural economy.

Keywords

Agriculture, Karst, Rice, Food security

Document Type

Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00775296

Language

English

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