scholarly journals Managing flood risks in the Mekong Delta: How to address emerging challenges under climate change and socioeconomic developments

AMBIO ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 635-649 ◽  
Author(s):  
Long Phi Hoang ◽  
Robbert Biesbroek ◽  
Van Pham Dang Tri ◽  
Matti Kummu ◽  
Michelle T. H. van Vliet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Mekong Delta ◽  
Flood Risks

scholarly journals Comparative Assessment of Urban Flood Risks due to Urbanization and Climate Change in the Turnhout Valley of Belgium

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Shahabul Alam ◽  
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Patrick Willems ◽  
Md. Masud Alam ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Comparative Assessment ◽  
Urban Flood ◽  
Flood Risks

Estimates of future flood risk in Western Europe and its potential impact on insured losses.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Remi Meynadier ◽  
Hugo Rakotoarimanga ◽  
Madeleine-Sophie Deroche ◽  
Sylvain Buisine
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Flood Risks ◽  
Hazard Exposure ◽  
Modelling Framework ◽  
Loss Modelling ◽  
The Impact

<p>The large-scale and complex nature of climate change makes it difficult to assess and quantify the impact on insurance activities. Climate change is likely affecting the probability of natural hazard occurrence in terms of severity and/or frequency.</p><p>Natural catastrophe risk is a function of hazard, exposure and vulnerability. As a (re)-insurer it is seen that changes in year-on-year losses are a function of all these components and not just the hazard.</p><p>The present study focuses, in a first step, on assessing impacts of climate change on fluvial flood risks in Europe solely due to changes in hazard itself. A stochastic catalogue of future flood risk events is derived from Pan-European data sets of river flood probability of occurrence produced within EU FP7 RAIN project. The loss modelling framework internally developed at AXA is then used to provide a geographical view of changes in future flood risks.</p><p> </p>

Climate Change and Profit Loss

2020 ◽  
pp. 105-119
Author(s):  
Huynh Viet Khai
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Saltwater Intrusion ◽  
Mekong Delta ◽  
Rice Production ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
Salinity Intrusion ◽  
Rice Farmers ◽  
The Difference

The chapter aims to evaluate the profit loss of rice farmers due to salinity intrusion by collecting the information of rice production in three regions with the same natural environment conditions, social characteristics (e.g., the same social and farming culture, ethnicity, type of soil), and only differed with respect to the level of salinity in Soc Trang province, one of the most salinity-affected areas in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. The study estimated the profit loss in rice production due to saltwater intrusion by the difference in rice profit between the non-salinity and salinity regions and showed this loss was about VND 9.3-15.1 million per ha-1 a year.

Human capital issues and government responses to climate change in Mekong Delta, Vietnam

2018 ◽  
pp. 68-80
Author(s):  
Ngan Collins ◽  
Sandra Jones ◽  
Tin Hong Nguyen ◽  
Pauline Stanton
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Mekong Delta

Impacts of farmers' adaptation to drought and salinity intrusion on rice yield in Vietnam's Mekong Delta

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Khoi Kim Dang ◽  
Thiep Huy Do ◽  
Thi Ha Lien Le ◽  
Thi Thu Hang Le ◽  
Thinh Duc Pham
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Rice Yield ◽  
Mekong Delta ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Rice Farmers ◽  
Study Sites ◽  
Climate Events

PurposeThe Vietnamese Mekong River Delta (VMD) is one of the most affected deltas by climate change in the world. Several studies have investigated factors influencing farmers' climate change adaptation behaviors in the region; however, little is known about the effectiveness of such measures. This paper examines the determinants of adaptation strategies among VMD rice farmers and assesses the impacts of such practices on rice yield.Design/methodology/approachEndogenous switching regressions were employed using a survey data of 300 rice-producing households in An Giang and Tra Vinh provinces in 2016.FindingsThe results show that farmers receiving early disaster warnings are more likely to adopt adaptation measures to climate change. If nonadaptors had chosen to respond, their rice yield would have increased by 0.932 tons/ha/season.Research limitations/implicationsThe data sample is small and collected from two provinces in the VMD only; therefore, the results may be specific for the study sites. However, future research can adopt the proposed method for other regions.Originality/valueThe study estimates the production impacts of farmers' decisions on whether or not to adapt to extreme climate events. The proposed approach allows for capturing both observed and unobserved behaviors.

scholarly journals Livelihood Vulnerability and Adaptation Capacity of Rice Farmers under Climate Change and Environmental Pressure on the Vietnam Mekong Delta Floodplains

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 3282
Author(s):  
Dung Duc Tran ◽  
Chau Nguyen Xuan Quang ◽  
Pham Duy Tien ◽  
Pham Gia Tran ◽  
Pham Kim Long ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Pollution ◽  
Mekong Delta ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
The Body ◽  
Production Methods ◽  
Environmental Pressure ◽  
Adaptation Capacity ◽  
Rice Farmers ◽  
Production Factors

Agricultural production is the primary source of income and food security for rural households in many deltas of the world. However, the sustainability of farm livelihoods is under threat, due to the impacts of climate change and environmental pressure, including shifting hydrological regimes, droughts, water pollution, land subsidence and riverbank erosion. This study evaluated the livelihood sustainability and vulnerability of triple rice farmers on the floodplains of the Vietnam Mekong Delta (VMD). We focused on the perceptions of rice farmers, based on a survey of 300 farmers. Increasing temperatures, drought, water pollution and sediment shortages were the four factors considered by farmers to have the most impact on their agricultural livelihoods. We analyzed farmers’ capacity to sustain their livelihoods and adapt to the changing environment. Results show relatively low vulnerability of rice farmers overall, though many of those surveyed reported very low incomes from rice production. Factors of most concern to farmers were rising temperatures and more frequent droughts. Farmers were already taking steps to adapt, for example, increasing production inputs and investing more labor time, as well as switching production methods. Yet, our findings suggest that policymakers and scientists have a role to play in developing more sustainable adaptation paths. The research clarifies the livelihood vulnerability of triple rice farmers on the VMD floodplains, while more generally contributing to the body of literature on farming and climate change and environmental pressure.

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