Tag Archives: quy nhon

Invisible cities, visible disaster risks

Posted on October 9, 2017 by UCR-CoP

Vietnamese media over the last few weeks has seen abundant coverage of land subsidence issues in the Mekong River Delta (Cuu Long Delta). There follow a series of national and regional events discussing the planning of this river delta in … Continue reading →

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Stories from seven years of pioneering climate change resilience building in Vietnam

Posted on June 23, 2017 by UCR-CoP

It is becoming more and more obvious to urban dwellers in Vietnam, especially during the last ten years, that they are facing ever-increasing risks from the impacts of climate change. Vulnerability to climate change is not merely a matter of … Continue reading →

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Community Engagement as a Powerful Tool for Urban Disaster Risk Reduction

Posted on March 23, 2016 by UCR-CoP

Urban Community-Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) was proved to be a topic of high concern to our UCR-CoP participants as the meeting room was packed on Friday last week (Mar 18, 2016) in the first UCR-CoP event of 2016. Two … Continue reading →

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Towards a disaster resilient energy supply in Quy Nhon City

Posted on July 9, 2014 by mjakkerman

The impacts from climate related disasters, such as drought and typhoons, on people’s livelihoods are significant. Yet, energy supply is not often highlighted in discussions about urban climate resilience. A research by GreenID and Challenge to Change sheds some light on … Continue reading →

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