Quantitative cost-benefit analysis for typhoon resilient housing in Danang city, Vietnam

Tuan, Tran Huu; Tran, Phong; Hawley, Kate; Khan, Fawad; Moench, Marcus

doi:10.1016/j.uclim.2015.01.002

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“…However, people living in flood-and storm-affected areas in DN town, who often belong to low-income groups, frequently allocate a significant amount of their household income towards housing repairs or reconstruction after the annual floods and storms [37]. Houses situated in low-lying regions often lack safeguards against flooding, such as the absence of upper levels for storing valuable items during floods or the presence of sturdy and weighty roofs that are challenging to open for emergency escape [38]. Moreover, according to the results of interviews, it has been found that due to ongoing local railway construction plans over the past 18 years in DN commune have led to a prohibition on construction or renovation of houses for households living in the surrounding area, making them more vulnerable to natural disaster.…”

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Assessment of household adaptive capacity to disasters: Two comparative case studies in Central Vietnam

Nguyen Thao,

Tran Thi,

Yuki Ishikawa

et al. 2024

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This paper presents comparative case studies between an ancient town in Quang Nam province (QN town), and a commune in Da Nang city (DN commune) in order to quantitatively assess the adaptive capacity of households in response to natural disasters. An indicator-based assessment with a set of 13 indicators is applied in this study. The results of 85 interviewed households in two study areas revealed that despite the higher probabilities of disaster occurrence, the households in QN town demonstrated better adaptive capacity compared to those in DN commune. The quantitative assessment (on a 0-1 scale) of adaptive capacity in the QN town and DN commune showed the values of 0.61 and 0.55, respectively. QN town had higher adaptive capacity than DN commune due to higher income stability, better preparedness measures for disasters, higher percentages of households receiving disaster warning information, better accessibility to clean water, healthcare service, food, and financial support during and after disasters. Conversely, DN commune demonstrated higher insurance coverage, higher percentages of households participating in social organizations, and receiving social support during and after disasters. Drawing from the findings that influence the difference in adaptive capacity levels between households in QN town and DN commune, the study subsequently proposes the recommendations for policymakers and individuals in both areas to improve their long-term prevention and preparedness strategies, enabling them to effectively respond to natural disasters.

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Assessment of household adaptive capacity to disasters: Two comparative case studies in Central Vietnam

Nguyen Thao,

Tran Thi,

Yuki Ishikawa

et al. 2024

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“…The findings showed that addressing climate change in this area required improvements to infrastructure, hazard prevention systems, and residents' quality of life. However, the challenges posed by variations in housing design features, the impacts of natural hazards, and uncertain climate change scenarios in Da Nang have made it difficult to implement effective response strategies, which has affected the outcomes at the household level [19,20]. In developing countries, the other lenient climate change and natural hazards responding method was training local people for proactive response to disasters [9,21].…”

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“…However, there are still significant gaps in addressing the impacts at household levels, particularly in ranking the local people's awareness of climate change. Most of the surveyed households in Da Nang showed a decent understanding of climate change, natural hazards, and their relevant impacts, indicating the efficiency of the local government propagation system for transferring climate change information to a person [19]. Additionally, the living conditions of each household may have played a role in their awareness levels.…”

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Community Responsiveness on Climate Change and Natural Hazards Towards Sustainable Cities: An Empirical Study of Da Nang, Vietnam

Toan

2024

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Understanding of community responsiveness on climate change and the natural hazards is an essential component of urban planning and adaptation strategies. The coastal cities are seriously affected by the impact of rising sea levels and climate change-induced hazards. In this paper, we investigate the urbanization level on climate change and natural hazards awareness of local communities at the households’ level in Da Nang city, the largest municipality in Central Vietnam using 1903 surveyed households. The results showed that the urbanization level significantly influenced the local communities' responsiveness to climate change. Communities with robust infrastructure and strong economic status demonstrate greater resilience and awareness of climate change and natural hazards compared to others. Therefore, it is recommended to prioritize enhancing local people’s responsiveness to develop bottom-up climate change response strategies and policies, instead of enforcing top-down decisions.

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“…One of the most frequently used resources in Vietnam to deal with disasters is physical capital. According to various studies, building homes is a strategy used in Vietnamese communities that have been affected by disasters (Kobayashi et al, 2012;Ling et al, 2015;Tran, 2012;Tuan et al, 2015). One-story homes, which serve as the majority of habitations in the Lower Mekong River provinces of An Giang, Soc Trang, and Ca Mau, for example, are susceptible to seasonal flooding.…”

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Examining Disaster and Climate Change Studies Using the Funnel of Multiple Capital Deployment (FMAD) Framework: A Review of Vietnamese literature

Nguyen‐Trung¹

2023

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Based on a revised multiple capital framework called the Funnel of Multiple Capital Deployment (FMAD), this article provides a critical reflection on how local communities in Vietnam respond to disasters and climate change. This framework depicts communities' dispositions to mobilize and allocate various community capitals to relevant collective actions in order to successfully adapt to external threats such as disaster risks and climate change. The deployment of this capital is heavily influenced by the state's institutional capacity for disaster risk management and climate change adaptation. This article demonstrates this framework by reviewing recent research on disaster risk management and climate change adaptation in Vietnamese scholarship. The article demonstrates that local practices of using various capital in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation are informed by a wealth of evidence from the current literature, even though the reviewed studies did not use the multiple capital framework in their research. The center-focused control and command system in Vietnam has often discouraged disaster-affected communities' participation in local disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation as well as in active preparation for upcoming disasters and climate change. It was clear that some local communities had become overly reliant on government assistance and had lost their creativity and ability to deal with adversity. It has been argued that the government should delegate more power to local governments and grassroot movements so that local communities can actively design and implement their own disaster risk management and climate change adaptation planning, response, mitigation, and recovery activities.

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Quantitative cost-benefit analysis for typhoon resilient housing in Danang city, Vietnam

Cited by 16 publications

References 10 publications

Assessment of household adaptive capacity to disasters: Two comparative case studies in Central Vietnam

Assessment of household adaptive capacity to disasters: Two comparative case studies in Central Vietnam

Community Responsiveness on Climate Change and Natural Hazards Towards Sustainable Cities: An Empirical Study of Da Nang, Vietnam

Examining Disaster and Climate Change Studies Using the Funnel of Multiple Capital Deployment (FMAD) Framework: A Review of Vietnamese literature

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