Authors:
Do Tra My Tran
, Ngoc Khac Hoang
, Van Dai Hoang
,
Anh Huy Hoang, Tien Thanh Nguyen |
Abstract:
Climate change is a major global concern that greatly affects people, including their source of
living. It was reported that Vietnam, a country with 70 percent of total population lives along
coastal areas and in islands, is one of the five countries most severely affected by climate change.
Aquaculture may be vulnerable to variations in climate in multiple ways in such countries with
the long coastline as Vietnam. In this study, the vulnerability of aquaculture to climate change in
the northern coast of Vietnam was assessed at the local scale based on the concept of
vulnerability as a function of sensitivity to climate change, exposure to climate change and
adaptive capacity. A total of 15 detailed indicators were used to calculate exposure, sensitivity,
and adaptive capacity. It was found that the vulnerability of the northern coastal area was mainly
at medium level, however, the high level of vulnerability was detected in districts and cities with
long coastline. No areas were also detected at very low and very high levels of climate change
vulnerability. These results suggest adaptation strategies to these high levels of vulnerability of
aquaculture areas can help to increase society's resilience to climate change. |
