Education to Enhance Vietnamese Coastal Communities’ Adaptive Capacity to Cope With Climate Change

Education to Enhance Vietnamese Coastal Communities’ Adaptive Capacity to Cope With Climate Change

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Vietnam is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, particularly in poor coastal communities. While external climate change projects have been conducted in some coastal provinces, including Ha Tinh, there is a lack of local education programs to enhance communities’ awareness and adaptive...

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Main Authors: Thi Huong Tra Nguyen, Helen Boon, David King
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: James Cook University 2016-08-01
Series:eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics
Online Access:https://journals.jcu.edu.au/etropic/article/view/3373
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spelling doaj-e5f635f6d16241c4ba5391a49f043a1c2021-09-16T01:45:02ZengJames Cook UniversityeTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics1448-29402016-08-01141Education to Enhance Vietnamese Coastal Communities’ Adaptive Capacity to Cope With Climate ChangeThi Huong Tra Nguyen0Helen Boon1David King2James Cook UniversityJames Cook UniversityJames Cook UniversityVietnam is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, particularly in poor coastal communities. While external climate change projects have been conducted in some coastal provinces, including Ha Tinh, there is a lack of local education programs to enhance communities’ awareness and adaptive capacity to cope with climate change. Therefore, a community education program is proposed to help Ha Tinh locals adapt to climate change. The aim of this paper is to present a brief literature review, including: identifying key concepts, overviewing global climate change, analysing climate change and climate change adaptation in Vietnam, as well as theoretical frameworks.https://journals.jcu.edu.au/etropic/article/view/3373
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eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics
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title Education to Enhance Vietnamese Coastal Communities’ Adaptive Capacity to Cope With Climate Change
title_short Education to Enhance Vietnamese Coastal Communities’ Adaptive Capacity to Cope With Climate Change
title_full Education to Enhance Vietnamese Coastal Communities’ Adaptive Capacity to Cope With Climate Change
title_fullStr Education to Enhance Vietnamese Coastal Communities’ Adaptive Capacity to Cope With Climate Change
title_full_unstemmed Education to Enhance Vietnamese Coastal Communities’ Adaptive Capacity to Cope With Climate Change
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publisher James Cook University
series eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics
issn 1448-2940
publishDate 2016-08-01
description Vietnam is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, particularly in poor coastal communities. While external climate change projects have been conducted in some coastal provinces, including Ha Tinh, there is a lack of local education programs to enhance communities’ awareness and adaptive capacity to cope with climate change. Therefore, a community education program is proposed to help Ha Tinh locals adapt to climate change. The aim of this paper is to present a brief literature review, including: identifying key concepts, overviewing global climate change, analysing climate change and climate change adaptation in Vietnam, as well as theoretical frameworks.
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