tailieunhanh - Assessing Adaptive Capacity to Flood in the Downstream Communities of the Lam River

North Central Vietnam is an area that may be heavily affected by climate change induced water disasters like flood, drought and salinity. This paper focuses on investigating the impacts of water disasters on, and analyzing community-based adaptation of, affected communities in the Central provinces of Vietnam. | Journal of Geography Environment and Earth Science International 5 3 1-13 2016 Article ISSN 2454-7352 SCIENCEDOMAIN international Assessing Adaptive Capacity to Flood in the Downstream Communities of the Lam River Thao Phuong Nguyen1 Thanh Thi Ha Nguyen2 and Huy Quang Man2 1 Faculty of Geography Hanoi National University of Education Vietnam. 2 Faculty of Geography VNU-University of Science Vietnam. Authors contributions All authors designed the study conducted the field work together read and approved the final manuscript. Author TPN managed and wrote the hypothesis framework and the institutional adaptation. Author TTHN managed and wrote the livelihood analysis and made the map of the first draft. Author HQM hosted the field work wrote the study areas and made the map of the final manuscript. Article Information DOI JGEESI 2016 23522 Editor s 1 Dr. Irvine Kim N. Associate Professor Humanities and Social Studies Education National Institute of Education 1 Nanyang Walk Singapore. 2 Dr. Chew Hung Chang National Institute of Education 1 Nanyang Walk Singapore. 3 Dr. Diganta Das National Institute of Education 1 Nanyang Walk Singapore. Reviewers 1 Kim Irvine. 2 Diganta Das. Complete Peer review History http review-history 13393 Received 13th February 2015 th Conference Proceeding Accepted 27 August 2015 rd Published 23 February 2016 ABSTRACT Aims North Central Vietnam is an area that may be heavily affected by climate change induced water disasters like flood drought and salinity. This paper focuses on investigating the impacts of water disasters on and analyzing community-based adaptation of affected communities in the Central provinces of Vietnam. Place and Duration of Study Hung Nhan commune in Nghe An province and Yen Ho commune in Ha Tinh province with surveys being conducted in August 2013 and June 2014. Methodology Hung Nhan commune and Yen Ho commune on the Lam River were selected as study areas