In support of urban adaptation: a participatory assessment process for secondary cities in Vietnam and Bangladesh

McEvoy, Darryn; Ahmed, Iftekhar; Trundle, Alexei; Sang, Le Thanh; Diem, Nguyen Ngoc; Suu, Lam Thi Thu; Quoc, Tran Ba; Mallick, Fuad; Rahman, Rezaur; Rahman, A. Atiq; Mukherjee, Nandan; Nishat, Ainun

doi:10.1080/17565529.2014.886991

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“…The CCVA has already emerged as a science; many leading Universities in the World, such as Oxford, ANU, MIT, Oslo, have already accepted it as a science. There are many branches of this science; the mentionable branches are: Migration as adaptation, moral reasoning [18]; ecosystem based mosaic adaptation and land cover change [25]; climate change transformation [26][27][28]; governance and justice [29]; community based planning in CCVA [6,30]; Economics [31]; CCVA awareness and Policy [14,32]; disaster/hazard management and transformed adaptation [27]; coastal adaptation [21,33]; adaptation cities [34]; resilience [35]; capacity building and resilience [36,37]; social norms in CCVA; local climate adaptation [24,38]. Some leading universities have CCVA institutions.…”

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Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation of Bangladesh: Mechanisms, Notions and Solutions

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Kabir

2018

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The concept of household vulnerability along with sustainable livelihoods has currently emerged as a significant concept in the climate change vulnerability and adaptation (CCVA) literature. In this paper, the vulnerability of Bangladesh has been assessed by using multiple regression analysis where twenty two effective variables have been chosen from the surveyed data given by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. The vulnerability has been functioned by three main stream components: Exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity, which have been adopted from the reports of Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and other scientific literature. Based on the higher significance and coefficient values, the variables, which have direct relationships and impact on income and illness, have been identified and prioritized. Household income and illness are the known driving forces for assessing the vulnerability. The motion of centripetal and centrifugal forces in decision making mechanisms, which are the main driving contributions of this paper, have been dealt as a new way to envisioning vulnerability and adaptation decision. Based on the prioritized variables some actions along with solutions have been taken into consideration, which have enormous significance in addressing localized plans and actions in order to reduce potential households’ vulnerability under climate change regimes in Bangladesh.

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Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation of Bangladesh: Mechanisms, Notions and Solutions

Younus

Kabir

2018

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“…Secondary cities exist throughout the world but some of the fastest growing secondary cities are in low-and middle-income countries (Roberts 2014; United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs 2016). These cities are unique environments but due to rapid population growth, under development, and lack of local mapping and expertise in geospatial analyses, they have been poorly mapped and have limited information on population dynamics, infrastructure, and land tenure (Roberts 2014, Marais et al 2016, McEvoy et al 2014, Otiso 2005.…”

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Networks of need: a geospatial analysis of secondary cities

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Introduction: Urbanization and the continued growth of cities, both demographically and spatially, are topics of research studied across a range of disciplines in the urban millenniuma time in history when the majority of people live in cities. However, scholarly research has focused little attention on secondary cities, despite being the most rapidly growing cities in many low-and middle-income countries. Secondary cities, defined by their function rather than population size, are vital nodes for regional commerce and services. As these cities have historically been understudied, they lack geospatial data and the associated analyses important for local planners to understand how to meet current needs and plan for future growth. With this research, openly available geospatial data are evaluated, including both global (i.e., population distribution), local (i.e., municipal data), and data for four service categories (i.e., education, social, health, and food services). This research presents techniques to provide baseline understanding of data needs and accessibility of services in secondary cities with limited geospatial data and expertise. Case description: We examine two secondary cities, Pokhara, Nepal, and Douala, Cameroon. These cities are experiencing unplanned growth, development, and exposure to conditions that contribute to intra-urban inequalities. This research takes a spatial approach-coupling locally-created data sources (i.e., municipality data, fieldcollected, and non-governmental organizations' data) with global databases (i.e., world population and satellite images) to demonstrate how spatial data can be integrated and analyzed to enrich our limited understanding of secondary cities and the needs of resident populations. Four categories of services are evaluated and the distance to services from populated areas is calculated. Discussion and evaluation: This research suggests that the distribution of services in both cities does not align with high-need, densely populated areas for certain services, a result of unplanned urban growth. Conversely, populations in areas far from the city center must travel relatively far distances to reach services, indicating lower levels of accessibility. Conclusion: The results of this research serve to identify mapping needs and service accessibility. Projects focusing on geospatial data creation provide information needed for local populations to assess their community and the network of services offered. Additionally, local-decision makers can seek policy options to address unmet needs for community improvements and inequality reduction.

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“…It is widely accepted that human knowledge about environmental issues in general and climate change in particular is often incomplete. Therefore, learning by doing, and the sharing of knowledge and good practice among community members and across scales are important components to strengthening local adaptive capacity (Berkes, 2009a;McEvoy et al, 2014).…”

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“…among diverse groups(McEvoy et al, 2014;Tschakert & Dietrich, 2010). Therefore, learning by doing, and the sharing of knowledge and good practice among community members and across scales are important components to strengthening local adaptive capacity(McEvoy et al, 2014). Experimental learning relates to the process of incremental learning by undertaking local monitoring of climate and other changes and testing adaptation options.…”

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The influence of learning on a tourism destination community’s responses to the impacts of climate change

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Climate change presents significant challenges for the sustainability of the tourism sector. Tourism destinations in developing countries have been identified as the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change; however, little is known about the situation of climate change and the tourism sector in the developing world, despite the relative importance of tourism to the local economies. Building adaptive capacity is important to increase the capability of the local destination community stakeholders to manage the impacts of climate change on their business and on the broader destination. Considerable adaptation research has been conducted; however, adaptation discourses in the tourism sector are still predominantly focused on responding to the predicted impacts of future climate change rather than addressing the underlying factors that affect the vulnerability and adaptive capacity of tourism destinations and local community stakeholders. Recent research in social ecological systems has indicated that learning is an essential aspect of building adaptive capacity. In this context, social learning is emerging as an adaptation approach that addresses issues hindering adaptation, such as a lack of knowledge and awareness, and encourages a proactive response by human systems to climate change. Underpinned by the theories of climate change adaptation and social learning, this research seeks to understand the influence of learning on a destination community's responses to the impacts of climate change. The aim of this research was supported by four interrelated research objectives: 1) to examine community knowledge of climate change, 2) to identify the sources of information utilised by the community to construct climate change knowledge and the spaces used for knowledge sharing and learning, 3) to assess how local destination community stakeholders have applied their existing knowledge to adapt to climate change, and 4) to identify and assess the factors influencing the capacity of local destination stakeholders to learn to adapt to climate change. This research employed a qualitative, constructivist methodology to investigate the research issue in the context of the city of Hoi An, a well-known tourism destination in Vietnam. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 54 participants who represented a broad range of local destination community stakeholders (i.e., local government authorities, tourism businesses, residents, community-based organisations) and expert stakeholders who have knowledge about the scope of this research. The thesis reveals the following key findings. The overall conclusion is that the responses of Hoi An community stakeholders to the impacts of climate change are strongly determined by their perceptions of the importance of climate change to their businesses and to the broader destination; their ability to v Publications during candidature Conference abstracts and papers Pham, T. D. A. (2018). Knowledge management and climate change adaptation in tourism

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In support of urban adaptation: a participatory assessment process for secondary cities in Vietnam and Bangladesh

Cited by 18 publications

References 18 publications

Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation of Bangladesh: Mechanisms, Notions and Solutions

Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation of Bangladesh: Mechanisms, Notions and Solutions

Networks of need: a geospatial analysis of secondary cities

The influence of learning on a tourism destination community’s responses to the impacts of climate change

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