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On the Frontiers of Climate and Environmental Change

Vulnerabilities and Adaptations in Central Vietnam

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  • © 2013

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Editors:
  1. Ole Bruun

    1. , Department of Society and Globalization, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark

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  2. Thorkil Casse

    1. , Department of Society and Globalization, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark

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  • Based on new research in Central Vietnam with inputs from a range of disciplines
  • Suggests a broader, interdisciplinary approach to climate change adaptation and environmental planning
  • Advises steps on how to formulate a research framework for analyses of social and economic impacts of climate changes, using both quantitative and qualitative techniques
  • Concludes that climate change adaptation will not be successful unless integrated with environmental planning takes into account local man-made environmental changes, such as hydropower construction and changing forestry and land-use patterns
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Environmental Science and Engineering (ESE)

Part of the book sub series: Environmental Science (ENVSCIENCE)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Climate Change, Adaptation and the Environment in Central Vietnam

    • Ole Bruun, Thorkil Casse
    Pages 1-22

  3. Paradoxes in Adaptation: Economic Growth and Socio-Economic Differentiation. A Case Study of Mid-Central Vietnam

    • Mogens Buch-Hansen, Nguyen Ngoc Khanh, Nguyen Hong Anh
    Pages 23-41

  4. Is Climate Change a Reality for Agriculture in Quang Nam Province?

    • Ngoc Quang Vu, Henning Schroll, Jan Andersen, Søren Lund
    Pages 43-69

  5. The Push for Plantations: Drivers, Rationales and Social Vulnerability in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam

    • Andreas Waaben Thulstrup, Thorkil Casse, Thomas Theis Nielsen
    Pages 71-89

  6. Climate Change’s Impact on Natural Hazards in Quang Nam Province, Mid-Central Vietnam

    • An Duc Le, Lan Thi Thu Vu
    Pages 91-98

  7. Impediments to Climate-Induced Disaster Management: Evidence from Quang Nam Province, Central Vietnam

    • Olivier Rubin
    Pages 99-117

  8. Livelihood Strategies Under the Constraints of Climate Change Vulnerability in Quang Nam

    • Thorkil Casse
    Pages 119-131

  9. Rural Households: Socio-Economic Characteristics, Community Organizing and Adaptation Abilities

    • Ole Bruun
    Pages 133-153

  10. Natural Resource Management Impact on Vulnerability in Relation to Climate Change: A Case in a Micro-Scale Vietnamese Context

    • Tobias von Platen-Hallermund, Anton Mikkel Thorsen
    Pages 155-177

  11. Climate, Environment, and the Role of Media

    • Catherine McKinley
    Pages 179-193

  12. Health Impacts of Climate and Environmental Change: Awareness and Challenges to Adaptation

    • Peter Furu, Duong Khanh Van
    Pages 195-217

  13. Interacting Cultural and Environmental Change: The Co (Cua) Minority of Central Vietnam

    • Nhinh Do Thi, Ole Bruun
    Pages 219-240

  14. Viet Nam’s Food Security: A Castle of Cards in the Winds of Climate Change

    • François Fortier
    Pages 241-265
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This book is intended to fill a gap in climate-change literature by providing a comprehensive regional study and identifying the overall adaptation challenges in a real-life context. The way in which possible climate impacts interact with a range of other challenges in agriculture, forestry, disaster planning, health care, general economic development, and common livelihoods are presented, and it is argued that greater realism and broader vision are needed in order to address the climate challenge. For instance, unsuitable land- use changes in both coastal and highland regions may increase the vulnerability of rural people, many of whom are already living on the fringes. The author(s) also state(s) that, depending on context, it may be pertinent to address short-term and unsustainable resource use, irregularities in local land management, ineffective governance and social inequality, which are all likely to aggravate the impact of external climate and weather. Not least, it is imperative to integrate general environmental management with any climate-change adaptation effort.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Department of Society and Globalization, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark

    Ole Bruun, Thorkil Casse

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