Climate change and rural vulnerability in Vietnam: An analysis of livelihood vulnerability index
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Thi Anh Nguyet Vo and Tien Khai Tran. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal: 1-28, 2022
Abstract:
Vietnam is a densely populated country, with the majority of its
impoverished people living in rural areas. These people lack facilities
and means of self-protection against risks, especially natural disasters
related to climate change. Therefore, it is necessary to study the
livelihood vulnerability under climate change in rural regions of
Vietnam. The study was based on the original Livelihood Vulnerability
Index (LVI) and LVI-IPCC (the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)
combined with the use of dataset from the Vietnam Access to Resources
Household Survey (VARHS) in 2018. by using the dataset from the Vietnam
Access to Resources Household Survey (VARHS) in 2018. The database is
composed of 1,852 rural households in 12 provinces in Vietnam and
considers socio-demographic profile, livelihood, health, food, social
networks, water status, natural disasters, and climate variability. The
results show that the North Central and South Central Coasts are the
most vulnerable regions, with a lower LVI score (0.261) but higher
LVI-IPCC score (0.012); this is mainly due to higher exposure to
disasters?such as floods, sea storms, and tropical depressions?which
heavily affect people?s livelihood. The Red River Delta, the Northern
Midlands and Mountains, and the Central Highlands are moderately
vulnerable. Moreover, the research outcome indicates that the Red River
Delta and the Mekong River Delta were more vulnerable in terms of the
sensitivity factor due to a higher vulnerability score on food and water
components, especially drought and saltwater intrusions.
More information http://doi.org/10.1080/
