Location [Stds. 1, 3]
Place [Stds. 4, 7, 9, 10]
Human-Environment Interaction [Stds. 8, 12, 14-18]
Movement [Stds. 11, 13]
Regions [Stds. 2, 5, 6]
  ELEMENT E RESOURCES      STANDARD 15 LESSON PLANS  

 Standard 15: Physical Systems Affect Human Systems

TABLE OF CONTENTS
STANDARD 15 INTRODUCTION: HUMAN ADAPTATION TO THE CHANGING PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

Humans have a great capacity to accommodate to changes in physical environments. Flood, drought, and even global warming lead pragmatic peasants and farmers to assess current ways of operating and seek ways to maximize production. Recurring natural hazards are among the most dramatic episodes that impact life in rural and urban areas.
CASE STUDY: VIETNAM
// AGRICULTURE IN THE RED RIVER DELTA

READING: Monitoring the Red River Delta Environment [CNES: Centre National d'Études Spatiales]

ADDITIONAL LINK: Formation of the Red River Delta [IGG: Institute of Geology and Geoinformation, Japan] See Fig. 2 at the bottom of this page for maps and a short description of changes in environment of the Red River delta during last 10,000 years.

ADDITIONAL LINK: Photographs of Agriculture in the Red River Delta [Tokyo University of Agriculture]

IMAGES: North Vietnam and the Red River delta region (top); vegetable farms in the Red River delta (middle left and right); woman carrying vegetables (bottom left); irrigation by bucket (bottom right)
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