Analyzes the effects of climate change hazards on local Vietnamese communities based on the human ecological principle
Compares climate change associated effects in coastal Vietnamese areas with those in mountainous areas
Provides a wider context of integrated interpretations, socioeconomic implications, and policy responses to climate change hazard adaptation and mitigation in Vietnam

Autorentext

Assoc. Professor Dr. Nguyen An Thinh is the Director of the Research Institute for Resources and Climate Change (IRC) at Hanoi Natural Resources and Environment University (HUNRE), Vietnam, and the Vice-President of the International Association of Landscape Ecology in Vietnam region (VN-IALE). His research focuses include geography of Vietnam, human geography, quantitative geography, and mountainous landscape ecology. Dr. Luc Hens is a scientific adviser for "Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek" (VITO), a leading European independent research and technology organisation in the areas of clean-tech and sustainable development, and a former professor at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Begium. His research interests include environmental health, interdisciplinary instruments for environmental management, and sustainable development.

Inhalt
Part 1. Background.- Chapter 1. Human Ecology of Climate Change Hazards: Concepts, Literature Review and Methodology.- Chapter 2. Climate change associated hazards, impacts and vulnerability at regional level.- Part 2. Risks for nature and human in lowland.- Chapter 3. Climate Change Hazards and Migration along the Ky Anh coast.- Chapter 4. Gross Costs and Impact on Local Livelihood Capitals of Tropical Storms along the Ky Anh Coast.- Chapter 5. Climate change adaptation of local communities along heavily damaged coasts.- Part 3. Risks for nature and humans in upland.- Chapter 6. Impacts and damage of climate change hazards in the Van Chan Mountain.- Chapter 7. Comparing local and immigrant household preparedness for natural hazards in the Van Chan mountain.- Part 4. Policy implications.- Chapter 8. Building Resilient Landscapes and Green Cities along the Coast and in the Upland of Vietnam.